| beejaybee |
| (Marvin) |
| 29/06/2008 07:46 |
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Re: A clicking hard drive...
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It clicks on start up and occasionally when I open programs. How long do they usually last for after this happens?
What does "smart" say?
Depends on what's causing the problem (a misreading sector causing a drive electronics reset) ... probably it's been there since new, just that you've started to use the faulty sector recently. Might last "forever", might break tomorrow, just like any bit of solid state electronics.
If the fault is electronics going bad, it's probably dead already, so you're not reading this.