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thats what kind it is. Samsung. Witch used to be really good..
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HDD clicks?
- Thread starter EvilJoker
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That seems to be the case with many vendors these days. Some years ago, I began using Western Digital 10K Raptors as soon as they came out, and they were really great drives. Eventually, WD came out with Velociraptor II, the next greatest thing, so I purchased some of them. Unfortunately, reliability with the new raptors was really bad. I ended up having to RMA just about every Velociraptor II, and often the replacement drives as well. Eventually, I ended up replacing all of my Velociraptor II drives with SSD. I don't know what's happened to Western Digital in recent years, but I've also seen similar patterns with other vendors too. The SSD's have been great. I stayed away from Western Digital this time. I have 4 OCZ SSD drives in my main computer and I've been very happy with them. I still have 6 Western Digital 3.5/7200 drives in my PC as well, but the 4 Velociraptors that the SSDs replaced are now a thing of the past.
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Does anyone know a place where that repairs HHD's cheaper than i can get a used one for?
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OK.. i just switched out power cables on it.. and i don't really hear no more clicking.. Does that mean that might have been the issue?? And can i repair the bad sectors?? Or move them to a separate partition? or is still jacked up?
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From what you described in an earlier post about the errors, etc., I certainly would not use that drive. If it's still under warranty, you should RMA it and send it back.
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I wish I could. Where it's a gateway OEM. They want cover it.. Witch is bull crap.. Not to much I can do.. It's still under warranty to.. ! I'm not the original owner o the gateway.
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I believe if the drive is still under warranty with Samsung, they certainly should accept an RMA and replace the drive for you, free of charge. At least it's worth a try. Why don't you simply go to Samsung's website, request the RMA online (using the drive serial number), and see what happens. That's what I would do.
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Hmmm. Well, let us know what happens. Thanks.
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there IS NO WHERE a way to contact them about this HDD!!!! Dont even have the dam option about HDD's! Witch is crap!!
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is there any free ware like HD sentinel?
having a similar problem but the clicking seems to be the drive coming out of stand by mode but i am using the computer. mostly using the other drive but when i use this one. i have to wait and click its going. is odd. smart says nothing, thinks its in excellent health. it was in a USB enclosure
having a similar problem but the clicking seems to be the drive coming out of stand by mode but i am using the computer. mostly using the other drive but when i use this one. i have to wait and click its going. is odd. smart says nothing, thinks its in excellent health. it was in a USB enclosure
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Mine is not a constant click 0r multi clicks.. its just clicks once.. every so often
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thats what i figure, i'm trying to get it to stop. its a 7200 RPM drive not one of the werido 5900 rpm drives but it takes some time for it to start up.
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OK.. ive contacted, seagate and samsung and even HP.. NONE of them is willing to try and help.. Thats aload of crap!!! Thanks to all that helped!
