HDD reported as O.K, however lots of clicking since crash

spleenharvester · 13 Dec 2008 at 19:56

hi,
I was playing Trials 2 SE yesterday, when the screen went black - it came back on about five seconds later with a 'trials2.exe has stopped responding' and one of my 3 hard drives started clicking - their health status is all reported as OK :confused:

. Specs are: (this is a backup build)

Maxtor 20GB IDE
Maxtor 40GB IDE
WL-50 30GB SATA (now unplugged)
1.8ghz S754 Sempron
1GB PC3200
SiS 755
6600GT
Hiper 350w

I had to unplug the 30gb because it caused the main 20gb to spin down then up over and over again. any advice? thanks

jimmy29 · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:10

Clicking is not a good sign and usually indicates a drive is on its way out. I'd take off any data you don't want to lose and think about replacing it.

Liquidfox · 15 Dec 2008 at 11:55

Same as above really. They can still give good SMART readings and be defective...

bledd · 15 Dec 2008 at 12:27

i'd be tempted to ditch all 3 drives and get a new one

Nethesem · 15 Dec 2008 at 12:30

Run the manufacturer's diagnostics for the hard drives, they'll give you a black and white answer as to if the drive is defective or not.

Seatools for Maxtor drives, not sure about that WL-50 drive...

SMART usually doesn't trip until it's too late

Phil2008 · 15 Dec 2008 at 21:52

youve got Maxtor drives, that says it all lol

ChrisLX200 · 16 Dec 2008 at 05:21

I have a 250GB Hitachi Deskstar on my desk here with a comment written on it 'Click of Death!' Took it out of No.2 PC a few days ago, and it's fate follows it's 3 other companions - this was the last one and is about 4 years old. The first couple that died this way caused me woe as I left it too late and they went suddenly (after being clicky for weeks) losing me data, nothing vital but annoying. The point is - clicking drives are dying, they may not show any problem on SMART, but may suddenly stop working. Replace them.