Tutorial guide - How to fix noisy click from HDD (clicking from often hard disk continues head parking)
On healthy HDD drive clicking is often caused by APM function which parks hdd heads too often. Some vendors fix this issues with firmware update, some not. Here is an easy software fix for your HDD.
REMEMBER -- this fix will help only when clicking is cause by APM function, if it is cause by HDD malfunction it will not.
1. Google, download and install some free software utility -- Crystaldiskinfo.
2. From menu go to function, adavance features AAM/APM control. For APM move the slider to the right and choose DISABLE.
3. In function menu check RESIDENT AND STARTUP.
4. RESTART AND YOU ARE DONE. NO MORE CLICKING SOUND FROM YOUR HDD.
