About once every-other-day this computer restarts with a critical hard drve error. When I send the report to MS it tells me that there was a HDD error detected. The user of the computer told me that it has been making a strange clicking noise for the past couple months (it would be nice if they didn't wait until it goes out to tell me these things ). I pulled the cover off the tower and sure enough... every once in a while there is a clicking noise coming from the HDD.

This is obviously a hardware problem. I am just wondering if there is something else that can be done other then backing up all data, replacing the HDD, reloading the OS and putting all the data back on it again? Can this drive be saved? I know drives aren't all that expensive anymore, but this computer has several accessories connected to it that will need to be reconfigured and recalibrated it I have to reload the OS.

Any suggestions?

BlackHatHunter