Is it possible to cure the clicking noise by shaking it?

Also When its doing a scan it shouldnt make a click noise because it isnt idle right?

 

There should be a kind of quiet fast ticking, at least there is on my drive.

 

well I am kind of scared because I havent heard a clicking since I was doing the scan but my hardrive is ok, there seems to be no damage but i am very worried

 

If shaking it doesn't work try hitting it with somthing heavy !

 

So what should I do if I dont hear the clicking anymore but my harddrive still works perfectly? I havent heard it in awhile since I did a scan ( still scanning)

Btw I also have a protectsmart hardrive in my laptop. Would that help protect my laptop's hardrive?

 

It's probably just fine. I would just backup everything important to be safe.

 

Ok well now I hear the click and it more quiet now which is good. Thank you all for your help everyone

 

This thread is epic. I second using something heavy, but will elaborate and say to use a 32 oz ball pein.

 

You don't shake hard drives for the same reason you don't shake babies.

 

Because you can break the read/write arm, and/or cause a head collision on the disk platter?