Erm...

[byslantedlight]

My laptop is ticking. That's probably not a good thing, is it? (And no, I didn't leave a clock underneath it...) Actually ticking, as regularly as a clock... It never has before... I wonder how worried I should be...

*gulps*

Comments

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

Call the Bomb Squad...

[3745rule.livejournal.com]

OH says hard drives can do this when they are dying! He added it may not be dying just rotating! Or is there a CD in the CD drive? He suggests you back up everything immediately off the hard drive and then seek professional attention.

Oh and things were better but Step Mother has just been rushed back to A&E. Will be in touch soon via email ...

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

Do you everything important backed up, just in case?

Have you rebooted?

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Mine did that about a day before it died. Hope that's not what's happening to you - but backup quick!

[sineala.livejournal.com]

Seconding the above -- if your computer starts making a clicking noise during activities that involve reading data off the hard drive, this is usually a sign that the drive is in the process of going bad and you should make your backups very very soon and start considering a replacement hard drive. (The search term you want is "click of death," which means the drive heads are actually hitting the platters and destroying data. There are sound files of what this sounds like, if you want to compare. One short-term fix while you're getting the data off is to keep the drive cold, if it's that broken, but it doesn't sound like it is.)

(It looks like decent-sized new drives are under US$50, but you'd have to manage the installation.) I would suggest diagnostic software to make sure it's the drive but I don't know enough about Windows to recommend a program.

[izzie7.livejournal.com]

I have had a long, hard week, so do not expect a coherent response, but when I read 'ticking', it just made me think of Peter Pan. Perhaps your laptop is about to go 'content to the crocodile'...

[alicambs.livejournal.com]

Only you could have a ticking lap top!!! ;-)

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that it's any comfort but when my Vaio died it didn't tick - nothing so lively... My Compaq also died but was resurrected by having its filters cleaned. It was running very hot before that and the fan was constantly on. Maybe that could tick?? Shows how technical I'm not!! But I do hope it all turns out to be temporary and curable. And an external hard drive for backups lets you sleep at night.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

I've realised that all our laptops die in the end... it's just a question of quality of life in the last few months.

But hey! Some of them make miracle recoveries too *g*