Maxtor HDD is clicking on startup [maxtor hdd] [bios check]
Q: A computer friends decided to poop the bed with him at school and the HDD is no longer through the shoe. The stables after the bios check and Im not that nice clicking sound. This means that the HDD is pretty much messed up? Anyone else this problem? Any help or links are appreciated, thanks.
Re:I recently had a friends Maxtor go bad, but it was actually a friends, lol….my Maxtor 40 gig is still pumping (it better go for a while…)
Re:"A friends computer decided to poop the bed on him at school and the HDD no longer goes through the bootup. "
"thanks all.. called maxtor and they will replace. Too bad all the data is gone (backups are for suckers.. oh wait thats me in this case)"
I thought it was your friends computer. 
Re:I also had a 13.6gb maxtor die, started making a whole bunch of noise and was running extremely hot. It's dying, but maxtor is pretty good with RMA's, I filled out the form online and they shipped it out the next day with like 3 day airborne shipping.
Re:Good idea guy,
Lucky for me I had nothing on it (I just got it in a trade and it was DOA), but Maxtor only took 2 days to get me the replacement and it rocks!
Backups are a good idea though!!!!;)
Edblor
Re:Are you going to backup next time around?
Backups are a pain in the head. But with hard drives being so cheap I keep an extra one in my pc and copy the entire C drive to it about once a week. Sort of painless way to do it.
Re:thanks all.. called maxtor and they will replace. Too bad all the data is gone (backups are for suckers.. oh wait thats me in this case)
Re:Your drive is dead, RMA the drive.
Re:Bud,
It just recently happened to me on a Maxtor 13.6GB I have! I RMAd it no probs!
Maxtor was pretty adament that it was a dead drive! It would just click, click, click and freeze the BIOS for minutes. SMART could not read it and neither could Windows or nothing. If your warranty is still good, RMA it?
Maxtor RMA site (http://https://www.maxtor.com/maxtorhome.htm?https&&&www.maxtor.com/products/DiamondMax/customerservice/RMA2.htm)
Good luck,
Edblor
Re:Ive had this happen to me before with older drives that went out or are close to going dead. I would goto the manufacters site and check the faq for any related material on the sound. Also, check the serial number on the drive and see if the drive still has a valid warannty. Most drives have like a 3-5 year one. And in most cases if you send in an older drive they will replace it with something bigger and better at no cost to you.
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