Hi all,

I have a HP pavilion pc running Vista basic, the hard drive has just started clicking and the system will not start up.
I don't know much about the driver other than it is 180GB, the ram as recently been upgraded to 2GB.
Help please!!!!!

well.. do u get a beep sound or a click sound..

if it is a beep sound then ram wouldnt have been placed correctly in the slot... so.. just remove it and place it correctly....

if its a click .. then better try to replace the hardisk,,.. i think tat may be the only sol....
but better have other's opinion too,

yes it is def a clicking noise thanks

Ticking / clicking is bad. I've seen many over the years, cuz I'm an old man. I am almost certain it is caused by the dreaded G's (shock). Has it got knocked around lately? Fell off the desk, etc.? I'm not sure (And would *really* like to know myself!) if it's the circuit board (doubtful) or the heads/platters/head stepper motor/spin motor/etc.

Sorry, but so far I've never 'won' the dreaded tic-tic... That's why I'd like to know, if it's the circuit board, one could buy the same model drive from eBay and swap the board in. I've swapped a few times and saved data from other problems, but I've never been lucky enough to find a 'mate' to a tic-tic-er yet.

Anyone?

-Cy