My hard drive goes "clunk""

[kirlar]

Using a Compaq Presario about 5-7 years old. Just the other day the hard drive started clunking and we are getting mesages that the c drive is unaccessible. The boss is telling me to reformat at which point and time I tell him the hard drive is shot and it's time to buy a new hard drive or computer. Is my hard drive really dead?

 

[SacsTC]

Sounds like it. You can try fdisk and see if it reports a hard drive or not. Or go into the bios and see if there is a hard drive listed.

 

[Annorax]

It might be dead. If the reformat doesn't work, it might be time to get a new one.

 

[Skivvywaver]

If it is clunking and you are getting messeges about the drive being unavailable the drive is shot. Even if you managed to get it formatted which I doubt you are still going to have a messed up hard drive. Time to replace it IMO.

 

[~Candy~]

Hi and welcome.

Tell your boss to open his wallet.

 

[Skivvywaver]

Hi and welcome.

Tell your boss to open his wallet.

AcaCandy, always the exact words for the situation. How are you?

 

[~Candy~]

Hey Scott, I'm great, getting ready to call it a day online

 

[xgerryx]

I'm great, getting ready to call it a day online

You can't do that, this place would run riot in no time with no one to tell em off

 

[Skivvywaver]

I have been in and out all day. I don't know when I'll quit for the day. Take care.