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HDD Clicking, bluescreen - but not in safe mode
Recently, my HDD started clicking, the computer would lock up after 10 seconds, and the computer would bluescreen after 30 seconds. It would restart and a black screen would pop up saying Operating System not Found. I restart and Windows boots fine - but the same process repeats. This would happen after a few minutes of being on every time - even if its just idling.
I booted with Hirens 14 and ran HDAT 2 and Memtest, finding no issues.
I booted into safemode and ran sfc /scannow - with no issues and my computer did not bluescreen.
I ran chkdsk /r, it told me to run on next startup. I restarted and chkdsk started running. The HDD started clicking after only a minute or so and chkdsk froze.
Running Bitdefender Rescue Disc again and my HDD started clicking and the CD became unresponsive.
Bitdefender Rescue Disc found nothing, Spybot in safemode found cookies and internet stuff but didn't fix the problem. Malwarebytes in safemode did not find anything.
I would normally assume my HDD is going bad. But it crashing in Windows but not crashing in safe mode is just weird to me - maybe its normal but I'm not sure.
Dell Studio XPS 16
Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53ghz
4Gb RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon 3600
ST9500325AS ATA Drive 500Gb
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It also just occured to me, when I first boot, the Dell screen pops up with the loading bar. Sometimes when it finishes, it just hangs there. But reboot fixes it. Running Bitdefender Rescue Disc again and the HDD started clicking, and the CD became unresponsive.
Last edited by googs64; 08 Jun 2011 at 12:12.