Approximately 5 minutes after I boot up my computer makes these clicking noises. I am pretty sure it's my harddrive. Then a blue screen comes on and says "cant write to drive C:" and it locks up. The only way to boot up again is to remove the plug from the wall and then reboot. It works fine for a few days then the same thing happens again. It has become more and more frequent recently. Is there anything I can do short of replacing the harddrive? TIA, Kelly

Do a quick backup of critical data - one new HD purchase, coming up!

Amen brother!

As a matter of interest how old is the hdd and what are its rpm. The reason for these questions is that over the years I have seen the rpm for hdd's increase in order to speed up data transfer. At the end of the day, this is a mechanical matter, and I have long held the view that the faster something operates, the quicker it wears out.