Hard Drive dead?

[aggressor]

First off the HD is a Maxtor 15gig, I believe its a DiamondMax 40. The drive number to identify it is: 51536U3

I'm pretty sure my HD is dead, but I'm wondernig if it was the drive itself or me doing something to it (For reasons being I need to RMA it and I need to know if this is valid)

When I boot up I can't even get to the OS loading before it starts making a "clicking" noise, and Windows won't boot up (This is when the HD is set as non-primary)

I have managed to somehow read data off the drive (When it failed I tried to copy stuff ASAP and managed to grab a few *small* files, anything big and it would lock up with a clicking noise)

So, I can't remember doing anything to the drive other then lots of deleting\reading, but that shouldn't really cause a drive to fail, should it? It's about 2 years old and I wasn't expecting it to go so soon.

 

[John]

RMA it for a noise issue. I have seen new HDD's fail out of the bag, weeks, months, or years down the road. Remember, you can flip your TV on and maybe one day it will not turn on...why? Sometimes there is no reason why, **** happens.

 

[aggressor]

Noise issue? It won't even let me load windows or anything from the drive =P

I'm just wondering if this is common in Maxtor drives or te particular one I have

 

[TheGrandHooHa]

I use Maxtor drives almost exclusively, and have never encountered such a problem.

Normally, if a hard drive is going to go bad, it will do it immediately (i.e., 2 weeks), or it will outlive a California Redwood tree.

I have an old 2GB Fujitsu drive from 1997 and it is still chugging away. My dad's new IBM drive crashed last week.

I'd RMA for the noise issue, but also say that the drive cannot correctly transfer large files without said issue. That could be a defective component (i.e., head or head boom) inside the hard drive which cannot be repaired and must be replaced.