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Mj_92   06-20-2009 at 10:43:28 AM

I hava a 320GB WD SATA HD and it was running perfectly till some time back. Gradually, it started giving problems. Nowadays, it doesn't get recognized by the BIOS easily and I have to restart again and again till by luck, it gets recognized. Once the OS is loaded though, it runs perfectly.

Also, I can tell when it won't be recognized by a series of clicks of sorts(it seems like the HD goes on and off) and it goes in a pattern of 6 clicks, pause, 2 clicks, pause and 2 clicks.
A person I know in hardware suggested I change the SATA data cable but that didn't help either.

I'm not sure if it spins or not but I can hear as thought it revs up but then it dies down. This happens a few times and each time it dies down the aforementioned click sound is heard

Any ideas?

Also, I've not run a chkdsk as yet because I'm not sure if that would cause data loss. If you could also provide info on which type of chkdsk to run like /f or /r or other, it would be helpful.

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dokk2   06-20-2009 at 11:02:20 AM
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Hard drive should not make any clicking sound at all might be on the way out,down load the diag program from WD's site and allow it to make a floppy then run it,you can check file disk from within windoze right click on properties,tools, and follow your nose to check files..:)

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Mj_92   06-20-2009 at 11:48:10 AM
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Thanks for the reply. The click is more like a switch going off...
and I know that you can chkdsk from windows, what I'd like to know is if it may cause data loss.

Thanks again for the help, will try it out.

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paranoidmage   06-20-2009 at 04:35:26 PM
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When my hard drive started making noise, it died a few weeks later.

It think when it wouldn't boot anymore, I could still put it in a different computer and get the data off it. I'd back up stuff to be safe. You can get a 500GB drive for about $50, so it's not expensive to do.

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