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Hello Ron,
Dennis is right. I had a 6yr old IDE drive start clicking away about a
month ago and the BIOS couldn't recognize it shortly after.
If you have anything worth while on it, you should atleast copy it over to
another drive. IDE drives are cheap and not meant to last.
Best regards,
Roy mailto:tozar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Wednesday, August 21, 2002, 4:47:53 PM, you wrote:
RC> During the last couple of days my computer has started making a fairly
RC> loud rhythmical clicking sound.
RC> This has happened 2 to 3 times per day. The sound generally lasts for
RC> about 15 to 30 seconds. Twice the screen went blue and posted:
RC> Disk Write Error
RC> unable to write to disk in drive C:
RC> Data or files may be lost.
RC> press any key to continue
RC> When I press a key the blue screen disappears and everything seems OK.
RC> Comments appreciated,
RC> Ron
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