gutted;146421 Wrote: > Thanks again. > > As for the main PC which gave me so many errors, It generally works > fine although I know that there are problems with the internal IDE > cables on occassion. But until now, I knew something was up with the > cabling as the PC just freezes and the HDD starts clicking. > > During the ripping process, everything seemed normal and so I didn't > give it a second thought. > > Time to get round to replacing those cables, I guess.
Could be more than that. A hard drive clicking generally means it's about to die. It's a thermal recalibration cycle and it's designed to compensate for thermal expansion and contraction of the disc. If the drive encounters internal head alignment errors, that's one of the procedures it tries. If it tries it over and over again, it's encountering an alignment error it can't correct. Best get data off that disc ASAP while you still can, then run scandisk, etc. http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=71 Note that link is directed towards IBM "Deathstar" 75GXP drives, but other drives can have the same thing happen to them right before they kick the bucket. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28660 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
