Re: linux hard drive failed, clicking on bootup

On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:25:40 -0500, Baho Utot <scrat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Timothy Murphy wrote:

putolin]


If the drive goes click-click-click then it has a blown servo.

I've always assumed it meant the drive was trying to read
past the end of the disk, for some reason.


The clicking sound is the drive recalibrating, it seeks to cylinder 0.

That sound to me sounds like moving the arm against it's end of travel stop.
That's what I'd expect if the drive can't read the disk to even find where
it is at.
.

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