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    Solved My Desktop PC is making weird clicking sounds, what could be the cause?

    Yes I think we now know with very high certainty that it's the D: drive. The clicking sounds just occured again, and afterwards the Reallocated sector count went up from 29 to 33. I will replace it in the next couple of days. Thank you for your help guys, I think we can mark this thread as...
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    Solved My Desktop PC is making weird clicking sounds, what could be the cause?

    I have to admit that I don't really understand the values provided by CrystalDiskInfo, but it is probably the HDD from Toshiba that I need to replace, because it says "caution" there. Do any of the other values look unusual or alarming? In any case, I already ordered a new HDD that should...
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    Solved My Desktop PC is making weird clicking sounds, what could be the cause?

    Yes, Windows is on my SSD :D I would love to do that, the only problem here is that I can't "reproduce" the clicking sound reliably. It happens only sometimes when booting, mostly when booting after I put it in energy saving mode. But I guess I will just have to do that several times, even if...
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    Solved My Desktop PC is making weird clicking sounds, what could be the cause?

    Here are the results. (It took over 2 hours to finish). But it looks like check disk didn't find any problems. Is there any other way to find out which of the two HDDs is causing the problems, so I can replace it before losing my data? Thank you in advance! Edit: I hope it's no problem that the...
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    Solved My Desktop PC is making weird clicking sounds, what could be the cause?

    This is the link to the weird sound my PC is making: This occurs most often after starting the PC back up from energy saving mode, but (rarely) also happens randomly or after normal booting. It seems to be happening more and more frequently. Sometimes, it just goes away by itsself but most of...