i can hear clicking sound from my hardrive whenever its head access some data. i was able to observe that other laptops dont make that much clicking sound. im using a hitachi travelstar hard drive. is it normal for this drive to make clicking sounds?its been clicking since the day i bought it. thanks for the help!!!
2007-05-21 06:33:32 · 9 answers · asked by regain 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Hi. The clicking is the read/write head moving into position. You can minimize this by defragmenting your drive. This allows the files to be read with a minimum of positioning moves. Some drives are quieter than others so hard to tell if you have a problem developing. Just do regular backups and you should not get into trouble.
2007-05-21 06:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As for the clicking noise: It isn't always going to die if clicking. Keep in mind I am on windows 7. I play games and when I first got my new laptop there was a slight clicking. It is a g6 hp laptop. I had to adjust my minimal cpu speed up a small amount so it wouldn't idle down so often when I wasn't playing games. I only adjusted it to 52% (1000mhz instead of the 800 it was on). Granted it will be different in each laptop. I recommend a cooling pad or stand to put your laptop on if you put the speed up a bit. Mostly though if you play full screen games, games not on browser, or games that run your fan harder. My option was right clicking my background on the desktop area, I clicked AMD Vision Engine Control Center. The cpu settings was in there. You can also try changing the power settings to be for performance instead of quality. The settings can also be found in each windows: in Start, then Control panel, and power. It may look different for xp. If you are not sure about how to go about it all, it is at least worth looking into before you buy something completely new.
2013-12-15 03:20:34 · answer #2 · answered by mr1322000 S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had various brands of hard drives over the years, and a few of them made sounds similar to what you describe when accessing data. Also bear in mind that some laptops will make less noise that way, based upon where in the case the drive is mounted.
2007-05-21 13:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by acermill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop using the drive. Your drive has suffered a head crash. The more you try to power up the drive the more likely you will damage the platters. This is a physical problem. No software is going to fix it. I've use this company a few times in the past and they were able to save my data.
http://www.cbltech.com
2007-05-22 10:07:10 · answer #4 · answered by JT_8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is usually normal with hitachis. Hitachis are usually cheap hard drives. You probably have an acer laptop.
back up all your files, because your hard drive might crash soon.
Ive been a tech for 5 years. With my experience I can say with confidence that hitachi is one of the worst hard drives out there.
Back it up.
2007-05-21 13:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Saleen VS Corvette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some drives are louder than others and I have seen some that click, though I am not very familiar with hitachi drives my self.
2007-05-21 13:38:13 · answer #6 · answered by mustplaygames2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cirric is 100% Correct.
2007-05-21 13:39:30 · answer #7 · answered by messerallen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends, if you are getting lots of errors then thats an imminent failure warning, i reccomend checking the S.M.A.R.T status with a S.M.A.R.T status checking utility,
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Active-SMART.shtml
if that shows verified smart status then you just have a loud drive.
2007-05-21 13:42:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hit it with a hammer twice, then kiss a frog. That should fix it.
2007-05-21 13:37:06 · answer #9 · answered by Josh S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋