500GB hard drive showing 100mb space when formatting

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  1. naggar
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    okay now the hard drive is constantly making some unusual clicking sounds... I should be worried shouldn't I?
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  3. naggar
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    now the hard drive constantly makes a loud clicking sound, a quick Google gives me a very bad prospect, the hard drive is more or less dead, at least I managed to recover my old stuff, oh well....
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  4. naggar
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    my apologues for the double post....
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  6. bigmck
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    I didn't look at this video, but it might help. DIY: How to repair a clicking damaged hard drive - YouTube
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  7. naggar
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    it involves changing a circuit board which may or may not succeed..
    . Thanks anyways mate
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