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Hard drive clicking for no reason?

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NotQuiteAPCGuru

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So I woke up this morning and discovered my computer restarted itself in the middle of the night. I didn't care so much that my computer restarted (even though I disabled that darn AutoUpdate), but I'm scared crazy that my primary drive temporarily stopped working.

I had an error on my monitor saying that I needed to insert a disk with a valid OS. I press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reset, POST is fine, then I see 1 SATA drive detected and I hear the evil Click of death. About one every two seconds, but then sporadically. I immediately shut off the computer via the power button.

I waited about 20s, then turned it back on. Everything worked fine. I don't know what I should do to make sure my primary drive isn't failing (It's almost brand new [~6mo]).

Here is my system setup. If I left something out that you need please let me know. I built it myself.

Core2Duo E6600
Asus P5B Deluxe
(2) Two Western Digital SE16 5000KS
Crucial Ballistix 2GB kit DDR2-800 PC2-6400
Radeon X1950XT

Everything is liquid cooled and not OC'ed.
 
Darn. I have only had the HDD for six months, and I've used WD products for years. First time I've ever had one fail on me like this. /sigh

Guess it was bound to happen. Better now than when I get enrolled in school.

What are the odds that this is just being caused by WindowsXP & Vista on the same drive with separate partitions?
 
That wouldn't cause the drive to not be recognized or the clicks. When a drive starts clicking like that - especially before it is even booted up yet - it is a warning. Get your data backed up now.
 
Originally posted by: NotQuiteAPCGuru
Darn. I have only had the HDD for six months, and I've used WD products for years. First time I've ever had one fail on me like this. /sigh

Guess it was bound to happen. Better now than when I get enrolled in school.

What are the odds that this is just being caused by WindowsXP & Vista on the same drive with separate partitions?
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Windows Xp and vista being on separate wouldn't caused that. Stuff breaks, it happens
 
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