Dead Maxtor Hard Drive?

blizz · 01-15-2007, 06:28 PM

Last night my computer just randomly freezed up while playing battlefield 2. I restarted it and it wouldent boot up into windows it just hung there and the hard drive was making a repetitive clicking noise. I tried reformating the hard drive and was successful. When I got into windows and reinstalled all of the drivers and rebooted it just hung at the loading screen again. I rebooted several times and it just hung there again. I tried reformating again and this time all I heard was the clicking noise coming from the hard drive. Its like a single repetitive click louder then the hard drive read noise is a lot louder. The hard drive is still detected in the BIOS though. Do you guys think the hard drive is dead? I can RMA it its less then a year old how is Maxtor RMA? Thanks please help quick!

NBK · 01-15-2007, 07:21 PM

Sorry for your loss,

I think u need to RMA the drive because i had the same thing happen to me.

HTH
NBK

**specmike** · 01-15-2007, 07:43 PM

Personally, if a HD ever "clicks" I RMA it or trash it. If you are in the RMA period go to Maxtor and get a new drive.

Do you have any critical data on the drive? If so, do you have another computer you can hook it to? Hook it up as a storage drive and see if you can retrieve the data.

ATINUT · 01-15-2007, 07:45 PM

When a harddrive starts clicking like that, it's a sign that the drive is on the verge of dying. If the drive is still under warranty, I would RMA it.

blizz · 01-15-2007, 10:10 PM

Good thing I have no important data on it. I called the store I bought the drive from and they have a 1 year store replacement so tomorrow they will be giving me a new 320GB Seagate SATA 2 hard drive to replace it so thankfully I wont have to wait to RMA it. Thanks for the help guys!

**specmike** · 01-16-2007, 12:42 AM

Sounds like a great customer service policy to me. Congrats, I hate RMAs.

SpeedDMN · 01-16-2007, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by specmike

Personally, if a HD ever "clicks" I RMA it or trash it. If you are in the RMA period go to Maxtor and get a new drive.

Do you have any critical data on the drive? If so, do you have another computer you can hook it to? Hook it up as a storage drive and see if you can retrieve the data.

Yep I hear anything other then the normal sounds it's time to copy data if possible and bail! Knock on wood but my raptors have been going almost 24/7 for over a year now and no problems. Course they are pretty loud anyway. Kinda sound like the old 4g drives. The 300g seagates I have are actually much quieter. Unrealated I know, but your new sig made me think of a story. A friend of mine lent me his hard to find recently purchased copy of "Yellowbeard" a few years ago. I wanted to capture it from VHS and transfer it to DVD. Anyway, the VCR totally ate the tape and trashed the casing (something internal broke). I ended up spending hours splicing and transfering the tape to another case. Lost a couple minutes of it but wonders what a little super glue can do. Sucked because he really didn't want to lend it to me in the first place. Pretty funny movie not many have even heard of.

**specmike** · 01-16-2007, 08:21 AM

I just bought a copy of Yellowbeard. It has finally been rereleased on DVD. It was about $15 on Amazon. I also have an OLD VHS copy too. One of my favorite movies of all time.

01-15-2007, 06:28 PM	#1
blizz ABX Folding Team Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 38	Dead Maxtor Hard Drive? Last night my computer just randomly freezed up while playing battlefield 2. I restarted it and it wouldent boot up into windows it just hung there and the hard drive was making a repetitive clicking noise. I tried reformating the hard drive and was successful. When I got into windows and reinstalled all of the drivers and rebooted it just hung at the loading screen again. I rebooted several times and it just hung there again. I tried reformating again and this time all I heard was the clicking noise coming from the hard drive. Its like a single repetitive click louder then the hard drive read noise is a lot louder. The hard drive is still detected in the BIOS though. Do you guys think the hard drive is dead? I can RMA it its less then a year old how is Maxtor RMA? Thanks please help quick! __________________ Desktop AMD Athlon X2 +3800 oc'd 2.6GHZ air cooling 2GB OCZ Platinum 1 Seagate 320GB SATA 2 7200RPM 1 Western Digital 250GB SATA 2 7200RPM Thermaltake Damier V5000A Antec TRUEPOWER TRIO 650W Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Asus Nvidia 7900GT 256mb 1 LG DVD Burner Razer Diamondback Plasma Blue Zalman CNPS9500 LED
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01-15-2007, 07:21 PM	#2
NBK Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina USA Posts: 356	Sorry for your loss, I think u need to RMA the drive because i had the same thing happen to me. HTH NBK
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01-15-2007, 07:43 PM	#3
specmike Yes, Yellowbeard Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Metro Atlanta, GA. Posts: 2,627	Personally, if a HD ever "clicks" I RMA it or trash it. If you are in the RMA period go to Maxtor and get a new drive. Do you have any critical data on the drive? If so, do you have another computer you can hook it to? Hook it up as a storage drive and see if you can retrieve the data. __________________ CORSAIR TECH SUPPORT
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01-15-2007, 07:45 PM	#4
ATINUT Just Plain Crazy! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,278	When a harddrive starts clicking like that, it's a sign that the drive is on the verge of dying. If the drive is still under warranty, I would RMA it. __________________ Intel D975XBX2 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 8GB's of Mushkin HP2 6400 memory(DDR2 800) two Sapphire GDDR4 Radeon 3870 videocards HT Omega Claro(Cmedia 8788HD chip) 120GB&200GB&320GB Western Digital harddrives LG DVDROM & LG DVDBURNER HP Deskjet 920C Logitech X-540 speakers Viewsonic VG2030wm 20inch Widescreen LCD Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit with Service Pack 1 Who'se the fool that approved the design for this place. - The Dwarf, Sacred Underworld.
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01-15-2007, 10:10 PM	#5
blizz ABX Folding Team Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 38	Good thing I have no important data on it. I called the store I bought the drive from and they have a 1 year store replacement so tomorrow they will be giving me a new 320GB Seagate SATA 2 hard drive to replace it so thankfully I wont have to wait to RMA it. Thanks for the help guys! __________________ Desktop AMD Athlon X2 +3800 oc'd 2.6GHZ air cooling 2GB OCZ Platinum 1 Seagate 320GB SATA 2 7200RPM 1 Western Digital 250GB SATA 2 7200RPM Thermaltake Damier V5000A Antec TRUEPOWER TRIO 650W Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Asus Nvidia 7900GT 256mb 1 LG DVD Burner Razer Diamondback Plasma Blue Zalman CNPS9500 LED
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01-16-2007, 12:42 AM	#6
specmike Yes, Yellowbeard Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Metro Atlanta, GA. Posts: 2,627	Sounds like a great customer service policy to me. Congrats, I hate RMAs. __________________ CORSAIR TECH SUPPORT
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01-16-2007, 08:21 AM	#8
specmike Yes, Yellowbeard Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Metro Atlanta, GA. Posts: 2,627	I just bought a copy of Yellowbeard. It has finally been rereleased on DVD. It was about $15 on Amazon. I also have an OLD VHS copy too. One of my favorite movies of all time. __________________ CORSAIR TECH SUPPORT
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