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From: Hugh Sutherland on 5 May 2008 16:01
I have a 40 & 20 gig HD and every once in awhile it will make a clicking
noise like the read/write head is resetting and sometimes the system will
freeze & I have to RESET. is this indicitive of a hard drive failure going
to happen or wot cause when I reboot it's ok for awhile then later it may
happen again. Could this be a heat issue?

Hugh


From: mscotgrove on 5 May 2008 17:15
On May 5, 9:01 pm, "Hugh Sutherland" <hsutherl...(a)cogeco.ca> wrote:
> I have a 40 & 20 gig HD and every once in awhile it will make a clicking
> noise like the read/write head is resetting and sometimes the system will
> freeze & I have to RESET.  is this indicitive of a hard drive failure going
> to happen or wot cause when I reboot it's ok for awhile then later it may
> happen again.  Could this be a heat issue?
>
> Hugh

There are probably several possible reasons, but the most likely is an
impending failure. Copy off your critical data NOW.

Once you have your data safe, you can 'play' with other possible
causes.

Michael
www.cnwrecovery.com
From: Rod Speed on 5 May 2008 17:30
Hugh Sutherland <hsutherland(a)cogeco.ca> wrote:

> I have a 40 & 20 gig HD and every once in awhile it will make a clicking noise like the read/write head is resetting
> and sometimes the system will freeze & I have to RESET. is this indicitive of a hard drive failure going to happen

It can be. Post the Everest SMART report on the drive.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181

> or wot cause

It can be due to other problems too, like the power supply failing.

> when I reboot it's ok for awhile then later it may happen again. Could this be a heat issue?

It can be. Everest will show you the drive temperature in the SMART report for the drive.



From: Arno Wagner on 5 May 2008 19:35
Previously Hugh Sutherland <hsutherland(a)cogeco.ca> wrote:
> I have a 40 & 20 gig HD and every once in awhile it will make a clicking
> noise like the read/write head is resetting and sometimes the system will
> freeze & I have to RESET. is this indicitive of a hard drive failure going
> to happen or wot cause when I reboot it's ok for awhile then later it may
> happen again. Could this be a heat issue?

Sounds very much like heat, but heat also kills drives, so
it may also be an imminent death issue...

If these are drives with SMART, get the attributes
ans look for anything suspicuous (or post them here).

Arno


From: Arno Wagner on 5 May 2008 19:36
Previously mscotgrove(a)aol.com <mscotgrove(a)aol.com> wrote:
> On May 5, 9:01�pm, "Hugh Sutherland" <hsutherl...(a)cogeco.ca> wrote:
>> I have a 40 & 20 gig HD and every once in awhile it will make a clicking
>> noise like the read/write head is resetting and sometimes the system will
>> freeze & I have to RESET. �is this indicitive of a hard drive failure going
>> to happen or wot cause when I reboot it's ok for awhile then later it may
>> happen again. �Could this be a heat issue?
>>
>> Hugh

> There are probably several possible reasons, but the most likely is an
> impending failure. Copy off your critical data NOW.

Good advice for any suspicuous HDD behaviour!

> Once you have your data safe, you can 'play' with other possible
> causes.

Indeed.

Arno
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