Clicking Hard Drive

[chari]

I have a 37gb WD Raptor as my C drive.
I have another 37gb Wd Raptor as a drive to run programs off of.
And I have a 200gb IDE hard drive for storage. One of them makes a clicking noise for about 3-5 secs then stops. All the hard drives work after the clicking. Nothing freezes or anything. I need to determine which drive is going bad so I can replace it before I loose data. is there a way to find out which one does it?

I ran a CHKDSK on each. And nothing happened. Would like to know where to start with this. Thanks

 

[pkme2]

IMO, Backup your drive that's clicking or take it out and use it for external storage. Clicking is like a minor warning before the major crash.

 

[chari]

I asked if there was a way to figure out which one was clicking. I have three, and can't tell which one is clicking by the noise. SO I was wondering if there was a test I could run or something. I have a replacement for it, I just don't know which one to take out.

 

[pkme2]

Disconnect the other two and reconnect 1 at time. IMO, time is the only way to zero in on problem.

 

[Seekermeister]

If you can't do it by ear, then use something like a stethoscope to find which is squawking. A empty papertowel roll may work.

 

[chari]

Thank you..im just going to back up important things and when one starts acting up performance wise i will switch it out. Thanks much

 

[Bozo Galora]

use a screwdriver and put the handle end part hard up against your ear, and the steel blade corner on the drive metal tops