ahhh getting a clicking sound?? HELP

[natopotato]

hi juz recently iv been getting wierd sound from my hd it kina goes like this


hmmmmmmmmmmmm.. click click hmmmmmmmmmmmm.. click click

it usualy does it about 5-10times and causes my comp to lag

is the my hd going bad??? its a 30gig western digital [i think maby its the 40max but i dont think so]

plz help

tell me whats goen on

thx

 

[Maddman]

Backup the important stuff because that drive is failing.

 

[XprincoX]

well run scandisk on it, if its a loud scratching noise its probably bad sectors... but yea backup important info just to be safe.

 

[natopotato]

THX GUYZ ITS NOT REALY A SCRATCHING ITS A CLANKING CLICKING SOUND BUT YA PROBLY IS FAILING

 

[-=UR=- Ranger]

I'm kind of sure that it will fail soon....How old is that drive?
What about warranty?

 

[Cooler666]

natopotato i like your avatar

 

[natopotato]

natopotato i like your avatar

thx do u know what its from? its from the linkin park crawling vid

I'm kind of sure that it will fail soon....How old is that drive?

its not very old at all i got it brand new from sams club last july its still under warenty if i can find the stuff

i got a hell of a deal on it. was only 40bux dont ask me it was there last 1 and damn it was a good deal

 

[Malakai]

its prob the mechanism that moves the read write heads going. my pld maxtor 30gig does that too, im trashin it soon.
-Malakai