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Is My Hard Drive Failing?

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It started off as a good laptop and was working well for a while. Then it started going extremely slow, just all of the sudden. Then I tried to re-install windows cause i was thinking it was a software/os issue. it was still horribly slow. so then i started looking at forums and help sites they said to see if i had defective ram. so i took one out and it didnt help. then i switched the one i took out with the one inside. once again, didnt help. all together i have tried xp vista 7 and 8 installations. all of them are failings somehow. also i hear a ticking noise. its faint but there.

Do you guys think its my hard drive? Can a hard drive cause this many problems before failing?

Thanks in advance! =)
 
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Was the lap top working before you tried to install,vista/7/8,?
How are you trying to install the new o/s?
Some hdd will tick/tick,,,, this does not mean it has failed..
the first thing you should have done was clean out your air vents/fan/ and may be apply cpu thermal paste,, people don't realize that lap tops over heath very easily and should not be left on beds/ bed linen/sofas,etc
 
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