[SOLVED] HDD Clicking

[V4ltamah]

One if my drives started clicking yesterday. I thought it was almost dead(i can copy data from it) and I got a new drive and a cloning dock by Orico. When I plugged in my drive into the dock it stopped clicking. Can you help me troubleshoot? Thank you in advance!

 

[V4ltamah]

Oops i just noticed it is in the cpu category.... Sorry!

 

[USAFRet]

What is your current backup procedure?
Clicking or no clicking, what if it dies tomorrow?

 

[V4ltamah]

What is your current backup procedure?
Clicking or no clicking, what if it dies tomorrow?

Is slow copy speed a sign of failure? Because i have two 3TB drives and one of them is slow.

 

[V4ltamah]

Is slow copy speed a sign of failure? Because i have two 3TB drives and one of them is slow.

And i don't have a backup procedure currently...

 

[USAFRet]

Any abnormal operation is a sign of potential fail.
Or, it could show NO abnormal operation, and still die.

Storage devices can die at any time. Sometimes quite suddenly. No matter how old or new.
If it happens within the warranty period, free replacement.
If past the warranty period..well..it had a good life.

There is no massaging it to make it last longer. It could die in the next 5 minutes. Or last another 5 years.
I had an almost brand new drive go from great to dead in about 36 hours. 5 weeks off the store shelf.

The only safeguard for the data on it is a good backup routine.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[Deleted member 2838871]

The only safeguard for the data on it is a good backup routine.

Yep. I don't care about the data on my SSDs because all of it is backed up... I have the install executables, etc... for every program and game on it. I have 2 HDDs (10TB and 12TB) for my current media file hoard (currently about 5.5TB) because one drive backs up the other.

 

[SamirD]

Is slow copy speed a sign of failure? Because i have two 3TB drives and one of them is slow.

Clone that drive quick before it dies! Potentially slowness is an indication of pre-failure conditions.

First get your data off the drive safely. Then I'll guide you on how to scan your drives.