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When I booted my computer today, it wouldn't progress past BIOS. One of the drives ( the one holding the OS, of course ) spins up, goes "click click", and then spins down and repeats the process.
How recoverable would you say this drive is (or not)?
The drive is a Western Digital WD3200JD 320GB
1Yeah, I'll toss it in the freezer as I've seen recommended as a very temporary fix, and see what happens. I've had WD drives fail frequently in the past as well. I guess I'm done as their customer. – Ian – 2009-08-16T21:46:22.963
Drive brand-loyalty is always funny. Personally I won't touch Maxtor after having a half-dozen fail in a month (between me and friends); I've had great luck with WD, a couple have arrived DOA but the ones that have arrived working are still working (knock on wood). – STW – 2009-08-16T21:57:31.967
I guess I'm more into Drive Model loyalty. See this post: http://serverfault.com/questions/7952/what-brands-of-hard-disk-has-the-lowest-failure-rates/8023#8023
Sometimes the models for different brands are better than others!
Yah, just do your research on any drive series you are looking at purchasing. – Troggy – 2009-08-16T23:39:44.423
Has been referred to as the Click of Death - apparently old Iomega Zip drives used to do this when they died. The freezer trick might work for getting your data off of it, but I wouldn't count on it. – Jamie Penney – 2009-08-17T01:13:04.857
s/Not an uncommon/common/? – John T – 2009-08-17T03:17:21.997