click of death
Hard drive's demise
Click of death is a repetitive clicking sound from a failing hard drive, typically indicating the read/write head can't position itself correctly.
The sound usually signals imminent or complete drive failure and potential data loss.
When I heard the click of death, I knew the drive was toast.
The term sometimes extends to similar failure sounds from other devices.
- hard driveComputer's internal storage device
- Zip driveRemovable disk backup system
- plattersLarge serving dishes
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- restoreReturn to earlier state
solid-state drive · storage media · oscilloscope · data recovery · cloud storage · circuit board · firmware · spindle · mechanical failure