hard drive clicks and freezes

[Hugh Sutherland]

I have a 40 & 20 gig HD and every once in awhile it will make a clicking
noise like the read/write head is resetting and sometimes the system will
freeze & I have to RESET. is this indicitive of a hard drive failure going
to happen or wot cause when I reboot it's ok for awhile then later it may
happen again. Could this be a heat issue?

Hugh

 

[mscotgrove]

I have a 40 & 20 gig HD and every once in awhile it will make a clicking
noise like the read/write head is resetting and sometimes the system will
freeze & I have to RESET.  is this indicitive of a hard drive failure going
to happen or wot cause when I reboot it's ok for awhile then later it may
happen again.  Could this be a heat issue?

Hugh

There are probably several possible reasons, but the most likely is an
impending failure. Copy off your critical data NOW.

Once you have your data safe, you can 'play' with other possible
causes.

Michael
www.cnwrecovery.com

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a 40 & 20 gig HD and every once in awhile it will make a clicking noise like the read/write head is resetting
and sometimes the system will freeze & I have to RESET. is this indicitive of a hard drive failure going to happen

It can be. Post the Everest SMART report on the drive.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181

or wot cause

It can be due to other problems too, like the power supply failing.

when I reboot it's ok for awhile then later it may happen again. Could this be a heat issue?

It can be. Everest will show you the drive temperature in the SMART report for the drive.

 

[Arno Wagner]

I have a 40 & 20 gig HD and every once in awhile it will make a clicking
noise like the read/write head is resetting and sometimes the system will
freeze & I have to RESET. is this indicitive of a hard drive failure going
to happen or wot cause when I reboot it's ok for awhile then later it may
happen again. Could this be a heat issue?

Sounds very much like heat, but heat also kills drives, so
it may also be an imminent death issue...

If these are drives with SMART, get the attributes
ans look for anything suspicuous (or post them here).

Arno

 

[Arno Wagner]

There are probably several possible reasons, but the most likely is an
impending failure. Copy off your critical data NOW.

Good advice for any suspicuous HDD behaviour!

Once you have your data safe, you can 'play' with other possible
causes.

Indeed.

Arno

 

[Hugh Sutherland]

this usually happens after I watch a video then it will freeze and I have to
reboot a cpl of times

 

[Rod Speed]

this usually happens after I watch a video then it will freeze and I have to reboot a cpl of times

If you have to reboot a COUPLE of times, its unlikely to be the hard drive.

 

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Arno Wagner wrote in news:[email protected]

Good advice for any suspicuous HDD behaviour!

Isn't it nice to have the babblebot's approval.
That even someone as lowly as yourself, way below babblebot's standing,
can get something right once in a while. That must be so rewarding.

 

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Rod Speed wrote in news:[email protected]

It can be. Post the Everest SMART report on the drive.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181


It can be due to other problems too, like the power supply failing.

It can be.

Yup, obviously the temperature drops immediately when you reboot.

 

[Rod Speed]

Rod Speed wrote

Yup, obviously the temperature drops immediately when you reboot.

Yep, thats why it needs more than one reboot, ****wit.