Ahh Hd Clickin!!!

[duggyb]

ok well i have a Western Digital Cavier 40.GB and i went to put a disk in my floppy yesterday to do some schoolwork and relaized i forgot to hook my floppy up the last time i assembled my computer so i turned the cmputer off plugged the power and IDE cable in and started up well the floppy didnt work for some reason so i unplugged it and away i went so then i boot my computer up this morning and my HD is makng like a clicking noise and it wont respond i cant even get it to reconginze the HD on boot-up so i went to my other computer and have the same problem?? am i doing something worng?? please help i have work on here that i need by WEDNESDAY!!!!

THNX in advance
Duggy

[Cricket]

Did you plug the IDE cable into the floppy drive? Or was it a floppy cable?

Did you happen to touch the hard drive at all?

It may just be coincidence that the hard drive went out on you right after messing with the floppy drive.

Cricket

[duggyb]

if the power supply short circited would that cause the HD to go out??

i have accidently had a wire bump the case before and the computer shuts off but always boots up normal again after a couple min....it short circited this time but i didnt think that would have done it becuase it has before and never affected the HD.

THNX
Duggy


EDIT::no all the cables were plugged in correctly

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by duggyb if the power supply short circited would that cause the HD to go out??

Yes, it's possible for something like that to happen. But what would cause the power supply to short out like that? What brand is it?

Originally Posted by duggyb i have accidently had a wire bump the case before and the computer shuts off but always boots up normal again after a couple min....it short circited this time but i didnt think that would have done it becuase it has before and never affected the HD.

That's not normal. The wires in the computer are for the most part insulated and shouldn't be shorting out from them touching the case. I suspect there is something else going on here.

What brand is the power supply?

Cricket

[duggyb]

well no i guess i totally left out part of the story...lol srry bout that

when i unplugged the floppy drive i kinda had my fingers half on the plug and half on the wires..the computer was running and i know i should have turned it off first(I HAVE LEARNT MY LESSON NOW) but the wires came out of the plug and one of them bumped the other which kaused the short circuit.... i never thought much of it becuase the computer did boot-up later but then with the HD problem......is there anyway to atleast get the Word Document of work off ???? that is mainly what i need to get

THNX
Duggy

[duggyb]

also i just tried now and i read in another post something about the circit board getting hott now i dont know how hott it ever was before becuase i never felt it but while the HD is running it does seem pretty dang hott!!

is this the problem??

THNX
Duggy

[Cricket]

You could try installing that hard drive in another computer and slave it to the existing hard drive. That way the computer will boot up and you can see if you can retrieve your documents from the bad hard drive. I've done this many times.

Cricket

[duggyb]

well thanks to all taht helped but the HD is ofccially done it stoppwed even clicking and i have tried every possible way i guess you just gotta give in to em:P the thing that amzes me is it was only a couple years old....ARGG it makes me mad becuase now i gptta dish out a new 1..but what can you do i guess

THNX
Duggy

[Confused]

You might be able to get the data back by putting the drive in a plastic freezer bag and leave in the freezer overnight. Slave it in another PC and give it a shot. If it comes up start copying. Sometimes you can get them running for a few hours.
Chas