[MicroPsycho]

So for a few weeks ago my 2nd harddrive (now about 2 months old) began making odd clicking noises, almost as if a marble rolled into something metal, and the program would freeze momentarily, but it only happened in games(save 1 or 2 unrelated exceptions), not in other apps running off the drive and this happened ever more frequently as time went on. I had also noticed slow data transfer rates between this hd and other hardware (flash drive,DVD, other harddrive). Today it got to a point where it would just start making the afforementioned clicking sounds when I wasn't even do anything on my PC and my music just started cutting out and/or getting laggy and its not even located on this problem drive. So I reformatted this drive hoping that would help, but after deleting the partitions on it (there were 3) it turns out windows can't format it, it gets to 1% formatting and then stops, sometimes giving me an error that the drive cant be formatted. My question is what are some things that I can maybe do, or am I screwed?

I will download latest drivers when I have time tomorrow, but i doubt that's the problem.

[Dan1]

I'd probably have to say yea.  The only thing I can think of if it's clicking is that the arms/head stack assembly for the head have probably failed and are either getting stuck or are not functioning properly as seen here (look for the pic):

http://www.ntfs.com/hard-disk-basics.htm

And if it is, heads can't write properly which would account for the inability to format.

OR it could be something else entirely.  But that would be my best guess though since you are hearing something physically click.

[MatthewPapa]

if its a maxtor or WD and under a year old its still in warranty. ship it back to them for replacement

[Grey Wolf]

Everyone will still be under warranty at a year. Some are up to 5 years, though.

[Nix]

Yes, the drive is definitely dead, not reliable at all.  Time to send it in or trash it. 

OEM Seagates have 5 year, Hitachi's One year, I think WD and Maxtor (which will soon be swallowed up by Seagate) have 3 year warranties.  If you're under a year, call them ASAP. 

[karajorma]

Just don't forget to wipe the porn off before you send it back

[KappaWing]

Just don't forget to wipe the porn off before you send it back

Why do that? They might PAY you out of gratitude!