Hi everyone,

I know there are some hard disk experts on this BBS. I have a windows disk that is making the dreaded click of death noise. Does this drive need replacing, or is it possible to map out bad sections, or whatever?

Thanks in advance,

Jim

Copy everything important off immediately. I would hope you have already.

As you say "click of death". They are usually very fatal (if there's a difference between fatal and very fatal). I've never had a drive recovere after any sort of low level format etc once the click happens....

There's a big difference between mostly dead, and all dead. Mostly dead: He's slightly alive. All dead, well, with all dead, there's usually only one thing that you can do.

What's that?

Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

And just to clarify, the clicking has nothing to do with Windows. A failing hard disk is a failing hard disk. None of them last forever. How old is yours?