WD Drive Clicking Noises

Whytey · 10-13-2008, 10:57 AM

I have used my hard drive for a while now and a few weeks ago it started making clicking noises sometimes. I have changed the jumper settings and tried it in a different computer, but the computer still fails to recognize the disk drive. Does anyone know if there is a way to repair it as i have a few files which i want to copy off, it not that important but the warranty has expired, so it cant be returned.

dai · 10-13-2008, 12:09 PM

clicking usually indicates a failing drive and as soon as you heard it you should have backed up what you did not wish to lose
try a new data cable on it
if no good replace the drive then slave it to the new one and see what you can drag off it

Whytey · 10-13-2008, 12:17 PM

There was nothing important it was just large files that i wanted to copy
and i had no idea since i was using it as a external drive

dai · 10-13-2008, 12:31 PM

if there is not a problem losing the data clear it with killdisk
http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm
then format it and see if it is still clicking on odd occasions it will fix

Whytey · 10-13-2008, 12:41 PM

how many times has that worked?

dai · 10-13-2008, 01:25 PM

not to often but it's worth trying before discarding

rockstat · 10-14-2008, 12:35 PM

I have also seen the click sound occur on many new drives.

I had recently come across a similar drive by seagate and resolved the problem by first initializing the drive. then i formatted it and no more clicking sound.

10-13-2008, 10:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
Whytey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 81 OS: Winxp Pro SP2	WD Drive Clicking Noises I have used my hard drive for a while now and a few weeks ago it started making clicking noises sometimes. I have changed the jumper settings and tried it in a different computer, but the computer still fails to recognize the disk drive. Does anyone know if there is a way to repair it as i have a few files which i want to copy off, it not that important but the warranty has expired, so it cant be returned. Last edited by Whytey; 10-13-2008 at 10:58 AM.

10-13-2008, 12:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,630 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: WD Drive Clicking Noises clicking usually indicates a failing drive and as soon as you heard it you should have backed up what you did not wish to lose try a new data cable on it if no good replace the drive then slave it to the new one and see what you can drag off it __________________

10-13-2008, 12:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Whytey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 81 OS: Winxp Pro SP2	Re: WD Drive Clicking Noises There was nothing important it was just large files that i wanted to copy and i had no idea since i was using it as a external drive Last edited by Whytey; 10-13-2008 at 12:18 PM.

10-13-2008, 12:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,630 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: WD Drive Clicking Noises if there is not a problem losing the data clear it with killdisk http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm then format it and see if it is still clicking on odd occasions it will fix __________________

10-13-2008, 12:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
Whytey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 81 OS: Winxp Pro SP2	Re: WD Drive Clicking Noises how many times has that worked?

10-13-2008, 01:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,630 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: WD Drive Clicking Noises not to often but it's worth trying before discarding __________________

10-14-2008, 12:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
rockstat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Where ever I live Posts: 114 OS: XP_Pro-SP3/Vista_x64_SP2/Linux	Re: WD Drive Clicking Noises I have also seen the click sound occur on many new drives. I had recently come across a similar drive by seagate and resolved the problem by first initializing the drive. then i formatted it and no more clicking sound. __________________ _____________________________________________ Whatever problem you have...I didn't do it...It's not my fault Okay. But I'll help you..