dtm1985

thanks for your reply. i had a look at the video you posted and it really does sound the same as my ticking sound!!!! I am now really worried that my data is going to be lost forever!! I had tried a couple of times to repair from disc so hope this hasnt damaged the drive beyond repair. Will send it to specialist to try and get it recovered.

Hi First off I do have some pc knowledge but Im certainly no expert. A few months ago I had big prob with my pc, basically wouldnt boot up and was getting error messages. I sent it away to be fixed. The guy had to reinstall windows and do a full data recovery on my main hardrive. When he brought it back he warned me that my mother board was on its last legs and would prob keep over heating. A few days ago my pc was running fine but i accidently left it on overnight, when I got up i restarted pc and just wouldn't load. I booted from disc then did repair which worked but a day later it happened again so i tried the same thing but this time it wouldnt work and my tower was making a quiet, soft, intemitant ticking sound (apologies for the slightly odd description) I also noticed that when i had to select drive to be repaired that my hard drive was not listed so i searched for it and my main hard drive was listed as having 99gb capacity when its meant to and always has had 350gb. Is all lost have i totally fried my pc or can it be saved? I really need to atleast save the hard drive as i have a lot of very important (not backed up) files on there. Thanks