Comments on: My Hard Drive Is Click click clicking! Help what is wrong? http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Eric Birdman http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-8785 Eric Birdman Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:49:44 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/08/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html#comment-8785 Did you try connect it to another PC? Spinrite won't help with clicking drives. It's only useful to revive bad sectors. PS: Just came across this page with lots of funny sounds hard drives make: http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php Did you try connect it to another PC?
Spinrite won’t help with clicking drives. It’s only useful to revive bad sectors.

PS: Just came across this page with lots of funny sounds hard drives make: http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php

]]> By: dar http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-8779 dar Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:51:58 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/08/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html#comment-8779 Tosh,who is 6yrs old,was an inveterate Clicker on xp. [even though all of BlackViper's suggestions disabling services.msc were executed(sic)] Enter Ubuntu,& for the past two years the HD has been well-behaved,nay Silent. Go figure Tosh,who is 6yrs old,was an inveterate Clicker on xp.
[even though all of BlackViper's suggestions disabling services.msc were executed(sic)]
Enter Ubuntu,& for the past two years the HD has been well-behaved,nay Silent.
Go figure

]]> By: Will Showalter http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-8714 Will Showalter Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:10:19 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/08/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html#comment-8714 If you need the data on the drive, I would recommend a program written by Steve Gibson of GRC.com called SpinRite. SpinRite.info has a lot of testimonials & I can say for my self it has saved many of my hard drives & my clients' hard drives, the latter of which rarely have their data backed up. Definitely one of the best $89.00 I've ever spent on a piece of software. If you need the data on the drive, I would recommend a program written by Steve Gibson of GRC.com called SpinRite. SpinRite.info has a lot of testimonials & I can say for my self it has saved many of my hard drives & my clients’ hard drives, the latter of which rarely have their data backed up.

Definitely one of the best $89.00 I’ve ever spent on a piece of software.

]]> By: PD http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-3652 PD Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:03:00 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/08/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html#comment-3652 If you don't have a good backup and your data is important, I would definitely NOT try to make my own clean room and repair the drive myself. Data recovery companies have all the facilities, hardware, software and expertise to do the job properly. If you try to do it yourself the most likely result is making it worse and making it more expensive when you send it off.<br/><br/>Data recovery is expensive, but if the data is that critical you will need to pay to have it recovered. Think of it as an expensive lesson in why you should always back up. If you don’t have a good backup and your data is important, I would definitely NOT try to make my own clean room and repair the drive myself. Data recovery companies have all the facilities, hardware, software and expertise to do the job properly. If you try to do it yourself the most likely result is making it worse and making it more expensive when you send it off.

Data recovery is expensive, but if the data is that critical you will need to pay to have it recovered. Think of it as an expensive lesson in why you should always back up.

]]> By: Dan http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-3650 Dan Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:55:00 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/08/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html#comment-3650 @panickedchris:<br/>One site's server died and the local "tech" had been mindlessly swapping [bad] tapes for ages.<br/><br/>$1400+ later and only <b>some</b> data was recovered from the server drive and delivered as a batch of DVD's. This was work done be a professional recovery company that knows what they are doing.<br/><br/>Having said that, I tried the steps in this article: <i>My Hard Drive Died! </i> at http://www.myharddrivedied.com/ <br/>Click on the <b>Presentations</b> link.<br/><br/>I had two identical models, a clicker and a good drive, so I figured, "What the Hell ", right?. I did the controller card swap, then later tried even swapping the internal components. When I was done, I had two identical-dead-drives.<br/><br/>If you have any professional means to back the thing up, do so. @panickedchris:
One site’s server died and the local “tech” had been mindlessly swapping [bad] tapes for ages.

$1400+ later and only some data was recovered from the server drive and delivered as a batch of DVD’s. This was work done be a professional recovery company that knows what they are doing.

Having said that, I tried the steps in this article: My Hard Drive Died! at http://www.myharddrivedied.com/
Click on the Presentations link.

I had two identical models, a clicker and a good drive, so I figured, “What the Hell “, right?. I did the controller card swap, then later tried even swapping the internal components. When I was done, I had two identical-dead-drives.

If you have any professional means to back the thing up, do so.

]]> By: Karl L. Gechlik http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-3577 Karl L. Gechlik Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:06:00 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/08/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html#comment-3577 @Panickedchris - SlothMan got it right. Using them fancy smancy admin terms it means a box to work in that no crud can get into the drive.<br/><br/>I have tried to do exactly what you want to to dude and failed miserably leaving 2 drives VERY dead.<br/><br/>Its also not SIMILAR drives but IDENTICAL drives down to size revision and date - you have to swap physical parts out that you shouldnt be touching with your hands in the first place. <br/><br/>We had a pile of metal and mangnets when were finished, If you value your data take it to an expert (if you can afford it) or if not connect her up using a ide to usb controller boot into knoppix with it connected, make it a slave - whatever just try to copy your data off before it just dies... @Panickedchris – SlothMan got it right. Using them fancy smancy admin terms it means a box to work in that no crud can get into the drive.

I have tried to do exactly what you want to to dude and failed miserably leaving 2 drives VERY dead.

Its also not SIMILAR drives but IDENTICAL drives down to size revision and date – you have to swap physical parts out that you shouldnt be touching with your hands in the first place.

We had a pile of metal and mangnets when were finished, If you value your data take it to an expert (if you can afford it) or if not connect her up using a ide to usb controller boot into knoppix with it connected, make it a slave – whatever just try to copy your data off before it just dies…

]]> By: The Slothman http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-3575 The Slothman Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:50:00 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/08/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html#comment-3575 Clean rooms are hermetically sealed rooms where you can work on things like drives without contaminants and foreign materials to destroy the components.<br/><br/>If you've got the means to create a clean room which I am sure are quite $$$$, by all means.<br/><br/>Or you can pay for a recovery service, which can get cost prohibitive. I used Drive Savers recently and they were great despite not being able to recover the drive. They didn't charge me a penny for the discovery of the device.<br/><br/>But if you can slave the drive you can pull most if not all the data off of it. <br/><br/>Also mentioned in the post is an alternative method I was able to devise that worked on a drive that would not mount properly. Clean rooms are hermetically sealed rooms where you can work on things like drives without contaminants and foreign materials to destroy the components.

If you’ve got the means to create a clean room which I am sure are quite $$$$, by all means.

Or you can pay for a recovery service, which can get cost prohibitive. I used Drive Savers recently and they were great despite not being able to recover the drive. They didn’t charge me a penny for the discovery of the device.

But if you can slave the drive you can pull most if not all the data off of it.

Also mentioned in the post is an alternative method I was able to devise that worked on a drive that would not mount properly.

]]> By: PanikedChris http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-3574 PanikedChris Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:30:00 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/08/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html#comment-3574 Say I dont have a backup what are my options for recovery? what is a clean room? i heard i can get another similar drive and swap out the guts. how hard is this. can i do it with normal tools. seeming i cant get to the data now how could i make it any worse, are there websites or places that do this? Say I dont have a backup what are my options for recovery? what is a clean room? i heard i can get another similar drive and swap out the guts. how hard is this. can i do it with normal tools. seeming i cant get to the data now how could i make it any worse, are there websites or places that do this?

]]> By: The Slothman http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/10/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-3573 The Slothman Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:18:00 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/08/my-hard-drive-is-click-click-clicking-help-what-is-wrong.html#comment-3573 The clicking sound you hear is the hammer of the gun that is going to destroy your hard drive being cocked into firing position.<br/><br/>The only catch is, you have no idea when the gun will fire.<br/><br/>Back up, back up, back up!!! The clicking sound you hear is the hammer of the gun that is going to destroy your hard drive being cocked into firing position.

The only catch is, you have no idea when the gun will fire.

Back up, back up, back up!!!

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