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Immakinganaccountk

#1 June 21, 2010, 08:24:18 pm

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Little background: The power supply on my computer was having issues but I had no trouble fixing it; however, immediately afterward my hard drive began clicking on bootup. Now it's making a "rev" sound as if its having trouble spinning and then clicking, clicking, clicking endless and freezing my computer up for a good 5 mins.
I've done some research and from what I hear this means the inevitable death of my hard drive ... is there anything I can do to fix this or should I just start backing up my files before its TOO ALTE

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How about no!? You are an idiotic version of a baboon.

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something bizarre and impractical

#2 June 21, 2010, 08:29:58 pm

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What does 'fixing it' mean for your PSU? If your HDD is dying you should be backing up files and looking for a replacement.

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Immakinganaccountk

#3 June 22, 2010, 12:17:39 am

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Well, I had the common sense to back up my files but I was wondering if I can do something to prevent my harddrive from failing at least temporarily because I can't afford to purchase a replace at the moment.

How about no!? You are an idiotic version of a baboon.

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something bizarre and impractical

#4 June 22, 2010, 01:17:49 am

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Not reallllly.

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Immakinganaccountk

#5 June 22, 2010, 01:31:27 am

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Blah.

How about no!? You are an idiotic version of a baboon.

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kayo Hairbinger

#6 June 22, 2010, 09:34:31 am

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I thought this would be for a cool Brucie Lee flash game but it's not....

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DS

#7 June 22, 2010, 02:25:50 pm

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when my external hd stopped working i put it in fridge for 30 mins and it has worked perfectly since then

To Never Be Known Is The Worst Death

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everyclear

#8 June 22, 2010, 03:56:14 pm

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this is how dragonslayer solves all his problems.

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DDay

#9 June 22, 2010, 05:34:59 pm

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Quote from: everyclear on June 22, 2010, 03:56:14 pm

this is how dragonslayer solves all his problems.

This is so true. One time I went in his fridge to get a beer and saw his mother in pieces. I wounder how that fix worked out.

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dragonx

#10 June 22, 2010, 05:57:04 pm

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Quote from: DDay on June 22, 2010, 05:34:59 pm

This is so true. One time I went in his fridge to get a beer and saw his mother in pieces. I wounder how that fix worked out.

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Ragnar

#11 June 22, 2010, 06:04:59 pm

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my old boss said you can replace the needle on the hard drive like the needle on a record player but he never managed to do it without breaking the hard drive and he's also a conspiracy theorist

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General Robert E. Lee

#12 June 22, 2010, 06:58:21 pm

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Pretty sure even getting a tiny spec of dust on a hard drive disk is enough to destroy it

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Madolah

#13 June 23, 2010, 01:00:52 pm

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its not recomended for anyone but experienced or someone willing to risk ruining the HDD. but Cut/remove the top plate, spray with some compressed air, and then if you want replace the top with a clear Plexiglas/plastic top. its a neat mod.. but yeah HDDs are not that expensive nowadays anyway..

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dada

#14 June 23, 2010, 05:11:26 pm

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Quote from: ær on June 23, 2010, 01:00:52 pm

its not recomended for anyone but experienced or someone willing to risk ruining the HDD. but Cut/remove the top plate, spray with some compressed air, and then if you want replace the top with a clear Plexiglas/plastic top. its a neat mod.. but yeah HDDs are not that expensive nowadays anyway..

SSDs are killing this mod unfortunately :/