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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Currie" data-source="post: 738007" data-attributes="member: 65735"><p>When a hard drive clicks it usually means there are BAD Sectors caused by magnetic failures on the disk surface. Search google there is a program that claims to be able to fix magnetic failure problems. Or if you can get into windows you can run a surface scan to find and fix bad sectors.</p><p></p><p>If the drive clicks and does not get recognized by the BIOS then chances are its done. If it clicks on the way into windows then chances are its bad sectors.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If its a laptop the hard part is going to be cloning the hard drive because you can only install one hard drive in a laptop at a time. So you need to buy an adapter to plug it into a desktop USB port.</p><p></p><p>You cant just copy the entire drive it has to be cloned so that the boot secotor and hidden files are copied as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Acronis Disk Duplicator is what i use, its not free but it has worked flawless for me even when drives have bad sectors.</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Currie, post: 738007, member: 65735"] When a hard drive clicks it usually means there are BAD Sectors caused by magnetic failures on the disk surface. Search google there is a program that claims to be able to fix magnetic failure problems. Or if you can get into windows you can run a surface scan to find and fix bad sectors. If the drive clicks and does not get recognized by the BIOS then chances are its done. If it clicks on the way into windows then chances are its bad sectors. If its a laptop the hard part is going to be cloning the hard drive because you can only install one hard drive in a laptop at a time. So you need to buy an adapter to plug it into a desktop USB port. You cant just copy the entire drive it has to be cloned so that the boot secotor and hidden files are copied as well. Acronis Disk Duplicator is what i use, its not free but it has worked flawless for me even when drives have bad sectors. :D [/QUOTE]
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