I just want another opinion on my self diagnosed dead hdd.
I was playing a game (that is on another drive) and all of a sudden I started hearing a weird clicking noise. It sounded like the drive struggled spinning.
I had to cut the power for my pc to shut down.
Few minutes were needed for my pc to turn back on. 15-20 sec is ussual.
Checked disk management and needs to be initialized and does not work. Turning it offline does not work either.
I'm not surprised with my drive being dead since it is 9 years old. It didnt have any important data on it since I knew this day would come, than again if i can get it back without too much trouble I will.
My questions:
I was playing a game (that is on another drive) and all of a sudden I started hearing a weird clicking noise. It sounded like the drive struggled spinning.
I had to cut the power for my pc to shut down.
Few minutes were needed for my pc to turn back on. 15-20 sec is ussual.
Checked disk management and needs to be initialized and does not work. Turning it offline does not work either.
I'm not surprised with my drive being dead since it is 9 years old. It didnt have any important data on it since I knew this day would come, than again if i can get it back without too much trouble I will.
My questions:
- Is my hdd dead for good?
- The pc turning on and off very hard is something normal?