I have a problem that I believe is caused by a faulty (in some form) HDD, but I am not entirely sure.
I recently re-installed windows over the christmas period (middle of december), firstly to clear things up, but also to sort out a few problems (my CSS not loading, explorer crashing whenever I view a folder containing video files, and a few others). This problem has only occured since the re-install, and it may just be a coincidence the hard drive has decided to start failing on me.
The situation is this, I will have my PC on and be doing nothing I haven't before. All of a sudden a 'ticking/clicking' noise starts coming from my case, and around 10-15 seconds later my PC will freeze. The only way to sort this out is to restart it. The reason I believe it is an HDD problem is that I can't imagine wherelse a sound like this would come from. This problem only just came back the other day, after a good month and a half of no problems. When I try and start my PC again after holding the power button down to turn it off, I am presented with long beeps from the case every few seconds, and nothing ever happens. To overcome this I must turn it off again, and wait a while. The beeping may simply be because the PC didn't turn off correctly, but it may give a reason as to why it is doing it.
My computer specs are as follows:
FX-55, DFI NF4 Ultra-D, HIS X850 XT PE, WD Raptor 74GB, Maxtor 200GB, Thermaltake Shark (may be relevant to interpret the beeping).
I guess it could be the WD raptor that is the problem as windows is installed on this one, and I was not sure if windows would crash simply if the Maxtor one failed. Neither have clearly died yet if they are the problem as the PC still turns on, and I can access both.
Any help would be greatly appreaciated, as I may need to get a replacement hard drive sorted out pronto.
Thanks, Simon.
I recently re-installed windows over the christmas period (middle of december), firstly to clear things up, but also to sort out a few problems (my CSS not loading, explorer crashing whenever I view a folder containing video files, and a few others). This problem has only occured since the re-install, and it may just be a coincidence the hard drive has decided to start failing on me.
The situation is this, I will have my PC on and be doing nothing I haven't before. All of a sudden a 'ticking/clicking' noise starts coming from my case, and around 10-15 seconds later my PC will freeze. The only way to sort this out is to restart it. The reason I believe it is an HDD problem is that I can't imagine wherelse a sound like this would come from. This problem only just came back the other day, after a good month and a half of no problems. When I try and start my PC again after holding the power button down to turn it off, I am presented with long beeps from the case every few seconds, and nothing ever happens. To overcome this I must turn it off again, and wait a while. The beeping may simply be because the PC didn't turn off correctly, but it may give a reason as to why it is doing it.
My computer specs are as follows:
FX-55, DFI NF4 Ultra-D, HIS X850 XT PE, WD Raptor 74GB, Maxtor 200GB, Thermaltake Shark (may be relevant to interpret the beeping).
I guess it could be the WD raptor that is the problem as windows is installed on this one, and I was not sure if windows would crash simply if the Maxtor one failed. Neither have clearly died yet if they are the problem as the PC still turns on, and I can access both.
Any help would be greatly appreaciated, as I may need to get a replacement hard drive sorted out pronto.
Thanks, Simon.