| Hard Drive Failure?Generally a clicking
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| | CHKDSK finishes, restart your computer
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| sound coming from your hard drive is a
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| | normally and see if the dreaded click of
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| Bad Omen. It could be a harbinger of
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| | doom returns. If so, the drive is most
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| horrific hardware happenings, so my
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| | likely damaged, and should be replaced as
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| immediate advice is "BACKUP YOUR HARD
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| | soon as possible. If you decide to
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| DRIVE!" as soon as possible. If the drive
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| | purchase a new computer, see Copying Old
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| fails, you're out of luck. In fact, even
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| | Hard Drive to New PC for help with
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| if you don't suspect a problem with your
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| | transferring your files.Are You On The
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| hard drive, it's wise to make regular
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| | Level?But before you trash your
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| backups so you can survive a hard drive
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| | troublesome drive, you should try one
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| failure with only minimal
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| | more thing... Some hard drives are very
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| inconvenience.See my article Backing Up
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| | sensitive to non-level surfaces, and will
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| Your Files to learn about backup
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| | not function properly if they're sitting
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| strategies, hardware and software. And
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| | on a slant. Shut down your computer, make
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| if you're curious about which hard drives
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| | sure your system unit is on a flat
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| noises you should be concerned about,
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| | surface (use a level to make sure), and
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| listen to these clicking sounds made by
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| | then restart. I was all set to give up on
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| dying hard drives.Scan Your DriveOn
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| | an older computer that was doing the
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| Windows XP, you can check your hard drive
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| | click/whir routine, but I noticed it
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| for errors by running the CHKDSK utility.
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| | wasn't sitting on a level surface. As
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| Restart your computer and hold down the
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| | soon as I fixed that, the problem was
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| Ctrl key while it's booting up. When you
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| | gone!That clicking sound MAY signal
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| see the option to start your system in
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| | impending hard drive failure, but keep in
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| Safe Mode, select it and continue. Click
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| | mind you don't always get such a warning.
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| the Start button, then click Run, then
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| | So play it safe... back up your files on
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| type CHKDSK C: /F /R then press Enter.
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| | a regular basis.BOB RANKIN... is a tech
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| The /R option tells CHKDSK to scan for
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| | writer and computer programmer who enjoys
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| bad disk sectors, and the /F option means
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| | exploring the Internet and sharing the
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| to fix any errors found. (On a Windows 98
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| | fruit of his experience with others. His
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| system, use the SCANDISK command instead
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| | work has appeared in ComputerWorld,
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| of CHKDSK.)If CHKDSK offers to "convert
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| | NetGuide, and NY Newsday. Bob is
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| lost chains to files", recover lost data,
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| | publisher of the Internet TOURBUS
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| or fix something else, you should accept.
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| | newsletter, author of several computer
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| (If CHKDSK tries to sell you a cheap
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| | books, and creator of the website.
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| Rolex, politely decline the offer.) After
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