![Does a clicking internal HDD mean that the platter is scratched and the data is unrecoverable for professionals? It clicks for 10 seconds during boot-up and then stops. - Quora Does a clicking internal HDD mean that the platter is scratched and the data is unrecoverable for professionals? It clicks for 10 seconds during boot-up and then stops. - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-b812b01c10b4b8f1428936e518e55f27.webp)
Does a clicking internal HDD mean that the platter is scratched and the data is unrecoverable for professionals? It clicks for 10 seconds during boot-up and then stops. - Quora
![PC making scratching noise, couldn't catch it to get it recorded. It makes the noise sporadically often, I read it's probably the HDD dying. Though the PC is only 6 months old, PC making scratching noise, couldn't catch it to get it recorded. It makes the noise sporadically often, I read it's probably the HDD dying. Though the PC is only 6 months old,](https://preview.redd.it/pc-making-scratching-noise-couldnt-catch-it-to-get-it-v0-4lkzd0nwspqa1.jpg?auto=webp&s=c4cb610943584e98314cde522d5db9d52aff8483)
PC making scratching noise, couldn't catch it to get it recorded. It makes the noise sporadically often, I read it's probably the HDD dying. Though the PC is only 6 months old,
![Different Types of Hard Drive Grinding, Buzzing, Failure, Crash, or Weird Sounds on Startup - YouTube Different Types of Hard Drive Grinding, Buzzing, Failure, Crash, or Weird Sounds on Startup - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fVegxiQWL3Q/hqdefault.jpg)