Problem with HDD

[Epiceleon]

I have an hdd that I have had for about 2 years or so and it has never given me problems, but a few hours ago i log on normally and open up steam which is on this specific drive and the drive freaks out. The drive spikes to 100% usage and stays there it also makes a weird noise that I have never heard before. I can use the other dive that I have on this rig completely fine but when I use this one, whenever I open up an application that is located on it, it freaks out like I have previously mentioned, the problem will only stop after i force close the application through task manager.

 

If i turn off my computer after this problem occurs where windows starts up and says i have 10 seconds to press any key before the system will scan and repair the drive.

 

Any solutions?

[vaiwalker]

sounds like its dying. WD? seagate? get it's respective diagnostic tool and run the DST test. if it fails, unplug it and never use it untill you get a new hdd to replace it.