Question about my hard drive

[Dodgeyou]

So as of late my hard drive has been real slow and clicking every so often so I backed up my data, but like 5 min ago I was using it (Like I am now) but can't open like any files or open programs, any idea whats going on?

[Guest]

Just now, Dodgeyou said:

So as of late my hard drive has been real slow and clicking every so often so I backed up my data, but like 5 min ago I was using it (Like I am now) but can't open like any files or open programs, any idea whats going on?

run crystaldiskinfo and check for health status

[Dodgeyou]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

run crystaldiskinfo and check for health status

Like I said, I can't open any programs it just does the little spin icon for like 3 seconds and never opens and I kinda don't want to restart the computer just in case

[Dodgeyou]

17 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

run crystaldiskinfo and check for health status

So I restarted and checked Crystal (Included Pic) It says it's fine but I restarted there and EVERYTHING is taking for ever to start, my boot up time was the slowest it's ever been taking over like 2-3 min more then usual and every program is just taking forever to load 

[vaiwalker]

you WILL have to restart at some point, untill then, run crystaldiskinfo and wait to see how long it takes to load. could be a dying hdd. they will eventually load, in about 20 mins or so.

[Guest]

Just now, Dodgeyou said:

So I restarted and checked Crystal (Included Pic) It says it's fine but I restarted there and EVERYTHING is taking for ever to start, my boot up time was the slowest it's ever been taking over like 2-3 min more then usual and every program is just taking forever to load 

Try a Windows reinstallation?

[Dodgeyou]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Try a Windows reinstallation?

I just did that like 4 days ago to clear it up

[vaiwalker]

have any other drives installed? disconnect those and try boot or try a different sata cable if that doesnt work. check the board for bloated capacitors or something. and reseat your DIMMS one by one.

[Dodgeyou]

18 hours ago, vaiwalker said:

have any other drives installed? disconnect those and try boot or try a different sata cable if that doesnt work. check the board for bloated capacitors or something. and reseat your DIMMS one by one.

Ok so I did all that and it's still running really slow and I also recorded a video of the clicking it does if that helps

File_000.mov

[ProjectBox153]

That drive seems to have a lot of power cycles. Try to power cycle it as little as possible. Make sure all your data is completely backed up and try to run a more thorough test of some kind. There are plenty available online. 

[Dodgeyou]

2 hours ago, Jamiec1130 said:

That drive seems to have a lot of power cycles. Try to power cycle it as little as possible. Make sure all your data is completely backed up and try to run a more thorough test of some kind. There are plenty available online. 

Well that's why you don't get a used hard drive I guess  I guess 5-6 years of use has finally caught up to it

[vaiwalker]

37 minutes ago, Dodgeyou said:

Well that's why you don't get a used hard drive I guess  I guess 5-6 years of use has finally caught up to it

lol i thought those were mouse clicks. but yea, as long as your drive starts clicking, backup data and get ready for a new drive. I had a WD 750GB hdd that lasted me about 7 years. guess that's about the time most of them last.

[Dodgeyou]

3 minutes ago, vaiwalker said:

lol i thought those were mouse clicks. but yea, as long as your drive starts clicking, backup data and get ready for a new drive. I had a WD 750GB hdd that lasted me about 7 years. guess that's about the time most of them last.

Yeah, I keep trying to tell my parents to get a new pc as their pc is almost 10 years old now  and vista has dragged down that thing even faster but that god damn 640GB WD Blue hard drive that came with it is still in like perfect working order like it was just taken out the factory