Raid 0 failure (Click of Death?)

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I have 2 WD ATA drives in Raid 0 configuration. Today one of them (I'm
guessing started clicking and spinning up and down whenever something is
accessed on the drive. Copying something from this drive to another drive on
my computer is like copying to a floppy drive under accompaniment of this
terrebly anoying clicking and sppinning Is my drive crapping out?
Defragmenting didn't help Thanks for any help.
Serge
 
feurio said:
I have 2 WD ATA drives in Raid 0 configuration. Today one of them (I'm
guessing started clicking and spinning up and down whenever something
is accessed on the drive. Copying something from this drive to another
drive on
my computer is like copying to a floppy drive under accompaniment of
this terrebly anoying clicking and sppinning Is my drive crapping out?
Defragmenting didn't help Thanks for any help.
Serge
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Sure sounds like it. Test it with a diagnostic utility from the drive
mftr. You will make either a floppy or bootable cd with the downloaded
file. Boot with whatever media you created and do a thorough test. If
there are any failures, replace the drive.

Malke
 
feurio said:
I have 2 WD ATA drives in Raid 0 configuration. Today one of them (I'm
guessing started clicking and spinning up and down whenever something is
accessed on the drive. Copying something from this drive to another drive
on
my computer is like copying to a floppy drive under accompaniment of this
terrebly anoying clicking and sppinning Is my drive crapping out?
Defragmenting didn't help Thanks for any help.
Serge
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Any time a drive starts making unusual noises, it's bad news. Some are
naturally noisier than others, but when it's a new or different sound, it's
not good. Get everything copied while you still can, and then run the
diagnostics, and hope that your warranty is still valid.
 
Serge said:
Thanks, guys. Got everything copied; running the diagnostic utility now.
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If it's dead and all the data is copied, and there's no warranty, take it
apart. You'll learn a lot about hard drives and the weird noises they make
when they're doomed.
 
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