Dead HDD?

[Xephian]

I'm using a 74GB WD Raptor HDD and a 500GB Seagate drive. All my music and data is on the 500GB.

First I noticed iTunes stopped playing then I noticed the HDD was no longer on the desktop or Finder. I rebooted and as soon as it do that, I can hear several click sounds as it's starting up. When it gets to the desktop again, the clicking continues every ~15 seconds with 3 clicks each time.

I've only had this HDD for 1 1/2 - 2 years too.

 

[66217]

Stop using the computer!!

The same thing happened to me, and that clicking noise is most surely the sound of a dead hard drive.

From what HDD do you boot? Which HDD is not working (the 74 or 500 GB)?

When this happened to me I would only see a folder with a question mark when trying to start the Mac.

 

[Xephian]

I'm booting from the Raptor 74GB which is fine; the 500GB Seagate is the one that's faulty which has all my data in it.

 

[empezar]

i've experienced that clicking sound.

the harddrive was dead but i was able to retrieve some of the data on it eventhough it took a lot of time and some files were corrupted.

i've backed up my files ever since :/