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Old November 17th, 2004, 08:15 AM
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I was on the internet last night and all of the sudden my computer froze and i started to hear a clicking noise comeing from my computer i thought it might be the fan. i looked inside and everything appeared ok. when i restarted my computer it said that there was an error loading no operating system found on any devices. i put in my xp cd and ran setup but it tells my there is no hard drive connected to my computer. PLEASE do not tell me my hard drive crashed i lost everything. Why would it make a clicking noise i have never heard of that. any help would be greatful.
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Old November 17th, 2004, 10:03 AM
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Sorry buddy, but sounds like hard drive failure to me.
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Old November 17th, 2004, 10:15 AM
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please use descriptive titles when posting in these forums. "help??" just doesn't

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Old November 17th, 2004, 10:46 AM
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basicly there are very few moving parts in your computer. what you heard was the harddrive spindle or heads trying to move but are stuck (makes a clicking noise cause its jammed) I have in the past fixed this by taping the hardrive while it is running this sometimes gets it to work the downside is that if it starts working and you keep hitting it it can cause scratches on the platters but hey it doesnt work right now anyway LOL! afterwards if it starts working run a chkdsk and backup data then replace drive as soon as possible.
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Old November 17th, 2004, 10:53 AM
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yup - definitely a shafted HDD. I've suffered that a couple times myself.


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umm.. whats this got to do with networking ??
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umm.. whats this got to do with networking ??


aye - good point

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that "tapping" should be horizontal [go with the width of the drive] and not vertical. Vertical tapping can bang the heads onto the platters - very bad.

Another old trick, in case you need to get data off and can't is put the drive in the freezer for 15 minutes. Just enough to cool it down and tighten things up.

Anyway it goes replace the drive asap. Best of luck!
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