About this tag
Discussions about clicking noises on WindowsForum.com cover a range of hardware issues. The most common theme is hard drive clicking, often associated with potential failure, boot errors, or drives not being recognized. Users report clicking from Western Digital drives, external enclosures, and internal drives after system freezes or forced shutdowns. Other sources mention clicking from printers (Epson) during startup or printing, and from wireless network cards during audio recording. One user asks how to disable click sounds from the Windows 7 virtual keyboard. Troubleshooting steps include checking cables, using disk utilities, and considering drive replacement. The tag reflects user concerns about diagnosing and resolving clicking noises in various computer components.
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Problem with Western Digital Gold 10TB
Hi guys, I bought two of these (between them about month). but I'm hearing sound of clicking from both (when I use it in some way), I don't know what the problem is. I don't think that both of them are faulty and don't know if the problem from the cables.- Spirit789
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- 10tb cable clicking noise data loss external drive faulty gold hard drive hardware issues performance storage support troubleshooting western digital
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 help with virtual keyboard please
i use win 7, virtual keyboard & mouse to type .how do i shut off click noise for each button press on the virtual keyboard ? hard to listen to music this way lol. thanks- Haz5
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- accessibility audio settings clicking noise keyboard mouse tips virtual keyboard windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 My hard drive is failing!
So it's a little more complicated than just a hard drive failure. To be honest I'm not that sure if it is failing to begin with. I am totally clueless when it comes to the inner workings of a computer (like toddler level clueless). My computer is making a clicking noise. However, it's a mouse...- MORR1S
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- bookmarks clicking noise computer issues cost data recovery diy pc failure gamers gaming hard drive hardware installation new computer software storage tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Script for turning lan connection on/off
I had this wonderful script that I got from someplace (can't recall) that enabled or disabled lan connections in windows xp. I used it to turn the wireless card on/off as the card made clicking noises during recording/playback of music files. I have just performed a clean install of windows 7...- MrLH
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- audio automation backup clean install clicking noise connection file transfer help lan migration record playback scripting settings turn on/off user query windows 7 wireless
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Windows 7 PC wont boot after being shut off
My computer froze so I was forced to shutdown by holding the button for 8 seconds. When I started the computer I got a boot error, I thought great!! I have had a similar problem before so I figured partition table might be broken. I took the drive and plugged it into an enclosure to a Windows...- mapleleafs89
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- active partition boot issues cd boot clicking noise data recovery device management disk utility drive access drive issues enclosure file explorer file system hard drive ntfs partition recovery partition system freeze tech support troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Boot disk failure on a computer w/no CD drive
Is it possible to fix my boot disk problem on a computer that does not have a CD drive? I have an Acer laptop running Windows 7. The computer froze up and I had to force power it down. Upon restarting, I got the "boot disk failure" message and the machine was making strange "clicking" noises...- tressa
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- acer boot drive cd drive clicking noise computer failure laptop troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Epson Stylus Photo R285 'general Error' And Cis System
Hello, I've just installed a CIS system for my Epson printer and seem to be getting errors whilst attempting to use it. I am informed that there appears to be a foreign object inside the printer and get two orange error lights. My first question is where can I get a service manual for this...- Oimi
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- cis system clicking noise diagnostics dismantling epson error error lights foreign object hardware issues ink system maintenance noise printer printing service manual tech support troubleshooting user guide waste ink pad
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 External HDD Problems - Clicking Sounds/Not Recognized On Windows 7
I recently purchased an External Hard Drive: The External HDD consists of: Western Digital 3.5" SATA II Caviar Green 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Link Removed - Invalid URL Welland 3.5" SATA To USB2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive Enclosure Link Removed - Invalid URL When I plugged into my laptop I...- vims213
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- clicking noise computer issues data recovery enclosure esata external drive file access flash drive hard drive hardware issues my computer not recognized power supply safely remove hardware sata storage issues troubleshooting usb western digital windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 CD/DVD drive problem
CD/DVD drive locks explorer, won't play audio discs Hi shiny people, My optical drive was working fine under XP Pro and it was the drive I used to burn and install my copy of Win 7. Once I booted Windows 7 though, it refuses to read CDs or DVDs. With audio CDs both Winamp and Window...- Resound
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- audio cd bios burning clicking noise data discs device manager drivers dvd drive file access file explorer hardware issues ide drive lite-on media player optical drive performance troubleshooting upper filters windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support