Is the HDD dead?

[nightmare3007]

my hdd is wd sata II internal 500g that i use as external
yesterday while a was deleting some old information it stop
after that i tray connect it again i find that it start to click tow time in regaler base while spinning
after pot the electricity in with out the sata cable it spin and did not click but
when i pot the sata cable it click again ????
the computer recognize but say formate and i don't want to format
is it the hdd dead or alive????
and if it alive how can i fix it?

 

[Mark56]

Follow this guide. You will need another PC to make the disc but this test is from the manufacturer and will tell you without doubt if the drive is OK or not.

Use the link below to get the manufacturers diagnostic for ISO CD. Burn the image file to a CD, boot the PC with the disc in the drive and run the diagnostics. You first need to set the CD drive to 1st in the boot order in the Bios.

If you do not have an image burner use this free software to make the CD.

http://www.isoimageburner.com/


Western Digital:http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?lang=en

 

[SNGX1275]

Your English is horrible.

Or maybe you just are a terrible speller.

Its difficult to focus on your problem when it takes effort to read. But, whatever, if the drive clicks 99% of the time its hosed (at least 50% of the other 1% is the drive isn't getting enough power).

 

[Mark56]

I have should have said in my post that you could use the diagnostics for Windows as you have an external drive that needs to be tested, so no need to burn a disc.