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Today, I just heard a weird ticking noise come from my computer. I know it is not the fan because when I start the computer up it does not make the sound until it gets past BIOS and starts booting up. I also listened to it closely and it seems like it is coming from the Hard Drive. Is my Hard Drive Dying?

jmedina

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yea maybe wat brand is it?

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Jabes

The tick of death... I can almost guarantee you that it's dying (if it's really from the HDD, not a wire jumping from a spinning fan...)...

Backup everything immidiately. Get your DVDs and CD's out and start copying to them or get Norton Ghost on...

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oscaryu1

Thanks for warning me! It could be the fan. I opened up the case but it is very hard to isolate where the sound it coming from. I will try again later.

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Thanks for warning me! It could be the fan. I opened up the case but it is very hard to isolate where the sound it coming from. I will try again later.

Disable a few fans for a few seconds, or just take the HDD out. Press your ear to it. Should be pretty loud.

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oscaryu1

It's the hard drive

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jmedina

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It's the hard drive

time for a new hard drive its ide right?

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Jabes

Yup! Luckily I know someone who can give me a new Hard Drive

But, It seems like this time of year my hard drive crashes. Last year my Hard Drive Crashed too.

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Yup! Luckily I know someone who can give me a new Hard Drive

But, It seems like this time of year my hard drive crashes. Last year my Hard Drive Crashed too.

wow is it like a thunder storm or something that does it because I had somebody at work that they're house wasn't wired right and they're laptop hard drive and both they're desktop hard drives died

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Jabes

Could be. I used to have a old imac g3 and I accidentally overloaded the outlet and blew out the Hard Drive. The Hard Drive kind of sounds like a cricket. It just started happening today.

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