Computer hardware and software
Is it possible for a damaged hard drive to repair it’s self?
Question : Is it possible for a damaged hard drive to repair it’s self?
I tripped on my laptops power cord the other day and it fell on the hardwood floor, it works fine but the hard drive has been making a strange sound. Higher pitched hum than normal
Just now it made a REALLY weird sound, a skipping kind of sound, like when a C.D skips. But then the high pitched hum stopped all together for the first time since it started
Could it have fixed it’s self?
Was something knocked out of place that went back or something?
hard drive repair
Best answer:
Answer by Teco
*That’s called the “Click of Death”… basically the pin that reads the disk is skipping up and down on the disk damaging it more and more over time. It will not just fix itself. It will die eventually. Make a backup, you can not reverse the effects of physical damage to the drive’s plates.
Sure it was the hard disk – not the cooling fan?
Whatever it was *may* have fixed itself but it would be prudent to back up anything you care about. (backups are always a good idea :-) but especially after your machine has had a near death experience) – Just copy what you want to save to a usb pen drive or something – just in-case.