hear clicking sound, but little bit confused - Club CDFreaks

Hannez · 16-04-2007

I have Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 hard drive in my laptop. If turned on and logged onto windows, the regular clicking sound can be heard. Searched on Hitachi website and understood that this may be a head damage. i've read the symptoms and there was written that clicking sound starts immediately if turned on. But my HDD only spins after turning on and no clicking nor any other weird sounds is generated. Regular clicking starts when log onto windows. I did TRT test, this was good, and there wasn't any clicking during the test. Should I worry?

moggi · 16-04-2007

I would back up everything you can . I think your drive is about to fail . This happened to my laptop before . I think it was a Hitachi drive too.
Moggi

*CDan* · 17-04-2007

"Clicking" is perfectly normal, it's a question of degrees. All HD's make noise when accessing/writing data. The "click of death" that many people refer to is actually a much louder sound, more of a "clack", and if usually accompanied by a brief system freeze. That said, if the drive previously made no such noises, but now does, it is certainly suspect.

There are many fine HD diagnostic tools available, mostly from the drive makers themselves. If a drive passes these tests, it can be considered healthy. If the drive came with a disc, the tools may be on that disc.

*jm1647* · 26-04-2007

Here is a page with different HDD failing sounds

http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowt...c?OpenDocument

*TCAS* · 01-05-2007

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Originally Posted by Hannez

I have Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 hard drive in my laptop. If turned on and logged onto windows, the regular clicking sound can be heard. Searched on Hitachi website and understood that this may be a head damage. i've read the symptoms and there was written that clicking sound starts immediately if turned on. But my HDD only spins after turning on and no clicking nor any other weird sounds is generated. Regular clicking starts when log onto windows. I did TRT test, this was good, and there wasn't any clicking during the test. Should I worry?

That is the good indication that the drive dying on you.

Hannez · 01-05-2007

This is the benchmark of my HDD. Seems nice. I had never experienced any momentary system freezes and during this test there was no any clickcing sound heard.

*pinto2* · 01-05-2007

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Originally Posted by TCAS

That is the good indication that the drive dying on you.

Can't agree on that.

My lappy with 80GB WD HDD also makes these "clicking" sounds from time to time. IIRC this has been going on since new install of drive, more then 1 year back.

@Hannez, almost any HDD manufacturer has some kind of diagnostic tools (WD's is named Data Lifeguard Tools) you might try that instead of HDTune.

BTW, any HDD can die out of a sudden, so you better continuously backup all your precious data.

*TCAS* · 02-05-2007

Remember that you one of those few lucky ones.

mcg · 19-05-2007

Well the general assumption is that once those clicking sounds occur and your PC begins to momentarily lock up, it's time to say goodbye to your HDD.

*TCAS* · 21-05-2007

16-04-2007	#1 (permalink)
Hannez CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Estonia Posts: 124	hear clicking sound, but little bit confused I have Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 hard drive in my laptop. If turned on and logged onto windows, the regular clicking sound can be heard. Searched on Hitachi website and understood that this may be a head damage. i've read the symptoms and there was written that clicking sound starts immediately if turned on. But my HDD only spins after turning on and no clicking nor any other weird sounds is generated. Regular clicking starts when log onto windows. I did TRT test, this was good, and there wasn't any clicking during the test. Should I worry?

16-04-2007	#2 (permalink)
moggi New on Forum Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7	Re: hear clicking sound, but little bit confused I would back up everything you can . I think your drive is about to fail . This happened to my laptop before . I think it was a Hitachi drive too. Moggi

17-04-2007	#3 (permalink)
CDan CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,805	Re: hear clicking sound, but little bit confused "Clicking" is perfectly normal, it's a question of degrees. All HD's make noise when accessing/writing data. The "click of death" that many people refer to is actually a much louder sound, more of a "clack", and if usually accompanied by a brief system freeze. That said, if the drive previously made no such noises, but now does, it is certainly suspect. There are many fine HD diagnostic tools available, mostly from the drive makers themselves. If a drive passes these tests, it can be considered healthy. If the drive came with a disc, the tools may be on that disc.

26-04-2007	#4 (permalink)
jm1647 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,621	Re: hear clicking sound, but little bit confused Here is a page with different HDD failing sounds http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowt...c?OpenDocument __________________ Not registered - Go register to use the forums to their fullest Click here Registered - ! Read the forum rules (& tips/guidelines) here & the FAQ here If you use a suggestion here and it works please post back and let us know. Please use the search function before starting a new topic. Thanks!

02-05-2007	#8 (permalink)
TCAS CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 7,477	Re: hear clicking sound, but little bit confused Remember that you one of those few lucky ones.

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19-05-2007	#9 (permalink)
mcg New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25	Re: hear clicking sound, but little bit confused Well the general assumption is that once those clicking sounds occur and your PC begins to momentarily lock up, it's time to say goodbye to your HDD.

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