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Asked the same question myself. Positive answers, one being to clean the dust out of hard drive. So I undid the side panel, and proceeded to hoover and remove the thick dust. Was very careful not to touch anything inside the hard drive. Cleaned the motor fan, put panel back on. Switched on PC and joy of joys, a quiet running hard drive, a pleasure to be in the office now and work on computer.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe most common cause of clicking noises coming from a computer is a hard drive that is or is on the verge of failing. The clicking sound is the read/write head on the hard drive trying to locate a sector that it can not read. If your hard drive is making clicking sounds, it is adviseable to back up your data immediately. Once you have backed up your data, you should run whatever disk checking software is relevant to the operating system you are using. If that does not find anything, you may be able to get some specific diagnostic utility by contacting your computer's manufacturer or the hard drive's manufacturer.
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∙ 7y agoIf the drive still works it is most likely early stages of the spindle bearings failing. This cannot be fixed, copy the contents to a different drive ASAP.
If the drive no longer works one possibility is a crashed head dragging on its platter.
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∙ 11y agoIt's components are just starting up there's nothing to worrie about
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∙ 12y agoThat is the sound of the magnetic disk, and the disk head.
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What makes noise in computer?
hard drive, CD or DVD player....
Why does your gateway computer run loud?
The cooling fan has thrown a bearing. The hard drive is loud and should/could be replaced. If it only makes noise when the led for the drive is on then it is probably the hard drive. It was probably dropped in shipping. Thank the shipper for that one.
What if your computer runs slow and makes a clicking noise when you try to load pages on the internet or shuts it down what is wrong I have also defragged it and did a disk clean up?
It means that you hard drive is about to die, you need to make a backup and be ready to get a new hard drive.
The function of hard drive cable?
To start, the hard drive cable connects your hard drive to your motherboard. Its really simple.
What happens if you try to start a computer with no hard drive?
If you try and start a computer with no hard drive then you cant save stuff
How do you clean a grinding noise in a hard drive?
Changes are that it's a fan and not the hard drive. However, if it is the hard drive, chances that the internal bearings are going bad. I'd replace the drive and transfer the contents as soon as possible, before the drive completely crashes.
What is the purpose of saving your games to your hard drive?
Saving game to your hard drive can lead to faster load times, and the xbox will make less noise because the disk drive will not be spinning.
Why does my desktop comp make a loud and strange noise when it starts up and some times it does it when it is working normally putting in mind that When I first bought it it didn't do that?
The noise is most likely the hard drive. This is a common way to tell that the hard drive is going bad. It may continue to work for a while but it will start loosing data and will quit entirely sooner or later.
What happens if you pluck a string hard?
Nothing except it makes a louder noise
What two components in a system might give a loud whining noise?
Most likely the noise is made by the power supply or a failing hard drive.
What makes one PC appear to have a new hard drive that is really hard drive space on another host computer?
network drive map
If your computer keeps crashing and making weird noises is it dying?
it is possible, I would have to hear the noise or read a really good description of it to know for sure. there are 2 main things that make noise in a computer when they die, the hard drive or a fan, and both can cause crashing Here is a tip to figure out which is which. Open the case. Start up the computer. wait for it to make this noise. then VERY CAREFULLY stop one of the fans with your fingers (the fan will not hurt you but BE CAREFUL not to touch ANYTHING else in the computer or you may get a nasty shock). Do this to all fans in turn, start with the CPU fan (the one on the motherboard) as this one is the most likely culprit for crashing. If the noise does not stop when stopping any of the fans, there is still one fan left that is hard to reach. The power supply fan (DO NOT attempt to stop this fan, the power supply can kill you) put your ear close to the power supply, then close to the hard drive, figure out which one is louder and you have your answer. Replace the fan that makes the noise, or if it is the hard drive I'd recommend taking it to a repair shop so they can back up all your data
