eek! a week or two ago one of my HDD slicked a few times. I dont know which one it is that was clicking... i got a new one to back everything up on... but i dont know which one to back up! Anyone know if there's a diagnostic i can run to check?
I have one that is clicking insanely it is a 18gb WD from 1998 and it seems to have intese problems, but I ran SMART test and it says eveything is "peachy" although the drive is horrendously slow and sounds like there are loose hunks of metal floating around in it... ( I am currently trying to buy a $50 250GB hard drive, but it isn't working out since the store is out of stock and so forth )
I had an original IBM AT on my desk once, and it's harddisk created so much noise and vibrations, that I was sometimes afraid it would slide off the desk by itself.
Mechanical things just make noise. Nothing wrong with that by itself.