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BSOD after pc wakes from sleep mode, now w/a "clunking" noise from HDD
I have 2 160GB hdd's set up in RAID0, and I can't tell which one is making the noise. It has been doing this for the last week or so after resuming from sleep mode. It will "clunk" about 4-6 times, then pause, then clunk a few more times, then pause, etc. Recently, however, the noise has been accompanied by a BSOD. The computer restarts fine after the BSOD (so far), and I've turned off the sleep mode under energy management. (Will this hurt my electricity bill very much?)
Anyway, I have no idea if this means my hard drive is going to fail, and if so, how much time it has left. I've backed up everything to my external with windows backup. If this temporary fix can last until pre-flood prices, I don't mind waiting until it completely fails. But I'm not a computer guru in any sense, and everything I've read on the forums still leaves me uncertain about what to do next. Is there any more info I can provide to help deduce my problem? Is it possible that the hard drive is fine? What should I do now? If anyone has any advice for me, it would be greatly appreciated.