Periodical ticking of HD

[il barbi]

I've a Compaq Presario with Win XP SP2, since I bought it (2 years ago) I
hear the HD ticking even in idle condition, namely somewhat like "ticktick",
then a pause of 5", then again "ticktick", summing up a cycle of 5
"tickticks" at an interval of 1'. I've controlled the processes running,
there are 36 of them but there is NO CPU activity at all
and this worries me because it could be a hw problem, perhaps the HD heads
trying to recover some access problem. Nevertheless my HD reads and writes
correctly, I executed the short text of PC Doctor and all is ok. My HD is
"WDC-WD800BB-00DKA0" (I don't understand which is the producer). Maybe could
it be the so-called "pre-emptive paging" of Windows? At the beginning my PC
had only 256 MB RAM then I have added 512 more but the problem has always
existed
il barbi

 

[MAP]

I've a Compaq Presario with Win XP SP2, since I bought it (2 years
ago) I hear the HD ticking even in idle condition, namely somewhat
like "ticktick", then a pause of 5", then again "ticktick", summing
up a cycle of 5 "tickticks" at an interval of 1'. I've controlled the
processes running, there are 36 of them but there is NO CPU activity
at all
and this worries me because it could be a hw problem, perhaps the HD
heads trying to recover some access problem. Nevertheless my HD reads
and writes correctly, I executed the short text of PC Doctor and all
is ok. My HD is "WDC-WD800BB-00DKA0" (I don't understand which is the
producer). Maybe could it be the so-called "pre-emptive paging" of
Windows? At the beginning my PC had only 256 MB RAM then I have added
512 more but the problem has always existed
il barbi

A clicking noise like this means that your hard drive is starting to fail!
Backup any important data, it could fail today, next week or next month but
it has already started. Be prepared for it.

WDC-WD800BB-00DKA0 is a western digital hd

 

[Jaymon]

Hi,
Have you checked the HDD with the OEM's Data LifegaurdNT app..?
Backup your data to be safe, for sure..

Cheers
j;-j