Hard Drive Failing

[Guest]

Earlier i posted:
i herd a click come from my computer while it was running, its the same noise i hear when ever i shutdown my computer like the hard drives turning off.
But it makes this click noise and some times about 2-5 mins later it might click again and everything returns to normal, other times i have to restart because the system is totally halted. This is the first time it has ever done this and its rather annoying. I have downloaded diagnostic tools and they show both hard drives as fine, they are WD:C 17gig and a WD:C 80 gig both 7200rpm. Im runing windows xp, 1024 mb ram. Both hard drives are on the same IDE if that matters, i have run a virus check and nothing came back, its norton fully updated. I cant think of anything else useful to post but let me know if you need any more info.

Cari @ www.coribright.com Responded:
If it's clicking, usually the head is stalling. Backup the data soonest...
and pray you still have a warranty on the drive. DO NOT DELAY!

My question is, is there anyway to know which drive is failing? Is there a program i can use to check this to see if its on my HD with my OS or my data HD.

Thanks for the help
-Borris

 

[JS84T]

-----Original Message-----
Earlier i posted:
i herd a click come from my computer while it was

running, its the same noise i hear when ever i shutdown
my computer like the hard drives turning off.

But it makes this click noise and some times about 2-5

mins later it might click again and everything returns to
normal, other times i have to restart because the system
is totally halted. This is the first time it has ever
done this and its rather annoying. I have downloaded
diagnostic tools and they show both hard drives as fine,
they are WD:C 17gig and a WD:C 80 gig both 7200rpm. Im
runing windows xp, 1024 mb ram. Both hard drives are on
the same IDE if that matters, i have run a virus check
and nothing came back, its norton fully updated. I cant
think of anything else useful to post but let me know if
you need any more info.

Cari @ www.coribright.com Responded:
If it's clicking, usually the head is stalling. Backup the data soonest...
and pray you still have a warranty on the drive. DO NOT DELAY!

My question is, is there anyway to know which drive is

failing? Is there a program i can use to check this to
see if its on my HD with my OS or my data HD.

Thanks for the help
-Borris
.

Borris:
Depending on your HD maker, check there website for
diagnostic utilities. Some makers such as Western Digital
have programs like EZDrive for examining their hardware
and making a determination for replacement/servicing. The
bottom line with hard drives is this. Your entire
computer is dependant on a HD working perfectly. If you
have any doubt about it, replace it.

You may also want to try a program like Norton's Disk
Doctor to do a integrity check and back up all your
important files to disk now before failure