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Old 06-27-2005   #8
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Try to listen where that "click" comes from , i have a feeling that that click comes from the harddrive.
If it is then it could mean that its gona die soon , just in case i would make some backups.
How old is the HD and what brand is it?
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the make of the HD is Maxtor and it is a 120gb and its about 8months old
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I thought i would be a Maxtor...

Check the temperture of the HD with one of the tools here:

http://www.pchelpforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1035.0

I think it will be running pretty hot ,maxtor's are known for that.
And even though it is only 8 months old it could die soon if it's been running at a too high temperture.
The best thing you can do is back everything up and take it back to the shop since its still under warrenty.
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aint MAxtor any good then ?? emm my HD is running at 39 degrees is that to much? :|

p.s thank you very much for the tool
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I myself like Seagate better ,i have heard alot about crashing Maxtors and i have had one maxtor myself and that started clicking and died but that one was running 45/55 degrees.

I could hear the HD activety stop ,then a very high pitched sound getting higher(barely hearable) and then the click , after that i could hear the HD ratling a bit (catching up) and all was ok again. All together it took maybe a second but it takes alot longer to write. lol
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what i will try is to monitor the HD and to see what the temp hits when it crashes if it is the HD ill have to buy a new one is that all it could be is the HD ??? :|
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Montor it a bit and try to listen to that click to hear if it comes indeed from the HD but also run memtest to see if that brings up any errors:

http://www.memtest86.com/

And you also can try this:

go to start / run and in the run window type in:
sfc /scannow >enter
Have you XP CD in youre drive, and it'll run itself, replacing any missign or damaged protected XP files.
to see if any protected windows files are damaged but i have a feeling its the HD.
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