Hard Drive

[Vertiginous]

I have a 120GB Western Digital Hard Drive 8 mb Cache, and Ive had it for awhile, I store all my things on there, school work, songs etc. But recently when I was playing one of my games, it clicked off like it normall does after 20 min. of no use or whatever, but then it clicked back on then off, and kept doing that, and now whenever I plug it back in it keeps clicking on and off, is there anything I can do? Or what happened to my hard drive? I dont understand why it would just stop working. So is my hard drive f*****, or what?

Have you tried Western Digitals disk tools? Maybe it's just got some bad sectors (not sure why that would cause a power on/off situation, but...)

http://support.wdc.com/download/

There's the link to their software page. Good luck.

[twiztidtruckie]

Truckies tips from WD HDD Experiences:

~I assume you know how to open your case and remove the drive~

1. Check all cable attachments to make sure their properly seated.
2. Check jumper settings to be sure you have it set properly (slave/master/cable select)
3. Try plugging in a different 4 post power cord to your drive (switch wioth cd-rom or something)
4. Reboot and enter CMOS settings
5. Check to be sure the drive is detected properly (size/ect...)
6. Reset drive infor in CMOS (usually by hitting F3)(auto detect)
7. Find S.M.A.R.T. settings and deactivate to test drive
8. Continue to OS
9. Check to see if drive is acting properly...(if using xp) follow next steps:

~Go to my computer and enter
~Go to drive and right click it
~Select the HDD in the Hardware menu and click properties on next window
~Go to volumes and click populate
(if this brings up drive information, then it should be acting properly)

If the problem persists try clearing CMOS and auto detect drives. Also reactivate your S.M.A.R.T. setting to ensure proper operations.

This little test works good for me in detecting junk drives when i test pulled equipment.

Good Luck to you,

Truckie

Any questions, feel free to PM me...
PS: WELCOME TO TECHIMO!!!
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[Vertiginous]

Well thanks man, I'll be sure to try all of that, I really hope it works because if I can't get all the data off this hard drive I will be pissed because I will lose everything