Every time steam has tried to download updates for team fortress I've been getting clicking noises from my hard drive. My computer then becomes unresponsive and needs to be reboot by holding down the power button. I know that people would probably say that the "click of death" is in no way a good thing, but can someone tell me what I'm looking at here, and how much time I have left before my computer dies. Any help would be great, thanks!
http://imgur.com/7UVx2rP
This is a screen from defraggler. What is the red band indicating?
Every time steam has tried to download updates for team fortress I've been getting clicking noises from my hard drive. My computer then becomes unresponsive and needs to be reboot by holding down the power button. I know that people would probably say that the "click of death" is in no way a good thing, but can someone tell me what I'm looking at here, and how much time I have left before my computer dies. Any help would be great, thanks!
http://imgur.com/7UVx2rP
This is a screen from defraggler. What is the red band indicating?
Tf2 is probably located on that part of HDD that is broken.
Every hdd has "reserve space" if something goes wrong. If some secotors go bad, it uses reserve sectors instead. Red line shows that you pretty much used all reserve sectors of yours. If you have anything important on that disk, take it on usb/burn dvds.
Tf2 is probably located on that part of HDD that is broken.
Every hdd has "reserve space" if something goes wrong. If some secotors go bad, it uses reserve sectors instead. Red line shows that you pretty much used all reserve sectors of yours. If you have anything important on that disk, take it on usb/burn dvds.
Alright, well that sucks. If this fails than that's it I suppose. I can't afford anything right now, not even an external hard drive to back it up. Do you suggest just turning it off and not using it?
Alright, well that sucks. If this fails than that's it I suppose. I can't afford anything right now, not even an external hard drive to back it up. Do you suggest just turning it off and not using it?
You'll have to buy a new hard drive. A 320 GB HDD, like the one you have, is around ~$50. Or you could upgrade to a 1TB drive for ~$80. You'll have to reinstall Windows, drivers, and everything else. Grab a USB stick and save all of your important files before the thing completely dies. Not much else you can do.
You'll have to buy a new hard drive. A 320 GB HDD, like the one you have, is around ~$50. Or you could upgrade to a 1TB drive for ~$80. You'll have to reinstall Windows, drivers, and everything else. Grab a USB stick and save all of your important files before the thing completely dies. Not much else you can do.
Yeah, backup ASAP. HDDs when they start making those noises can last a day or a month, you never really know.
Yeah, backup ASAP. HDDs when they start making those noises can last a day or a month, you never really know.
Wow, that's actually amazing. I've been getting clicking noises on this computer for at least the past 2 years now. I never though it was a big deal since I didn't ever get the indication like I did today.
Wow, that's actually amazing. I've been getting clicking noises on this computer for at least the past 2 years now. I never though it was a big deal since I didn't ever get the indication like I did today.
Honestly, if you have the money just upgrade to a SSD if you can. It is the single best upgrade you can give to your computer in terms of speed/performance for all applications.
Honestly, if you have the money just upgrade to a SSD if you can. It is the single best upgrade you can give to your computer in terms of speed/performance for all applications.