![Does a clicking internal HDD mean that the platter is scratched and the data is unrecoverable for professionals? It clicks for 10 seconds during boot-up and then stops. - Quora Does a clicking internal HDD mean that the platter is scratched and the data is unrecoverable for professionals? It clicks for 10 seconds during boot-up and then stops. - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-b812b01c10b4b8f1428936e518e55f27.webp)
Does a clicking internal HDD mean that the platter is scratched and the data is unrecoverable for professionals? It clicks for 10 seconds during boot-up and then stops. - Quora
Scratch Noise - What is your hard drive making Scratch Noise? | If a hard drive has scratches on its platter during a read/write operation, then hard drive head starts to produce
![HDD makes scraping/scratching noise, louder with more intense loads. CDI says its fine. : r/pcmasterrace HDD makes scraping/scratching noise, louder with more intense loads. CDI says its fine. : r/pcmasterrace](https://external-preview.redd.it/-1S2B8VwVfNvMg226keUyCFf9GADqgmK992uq_UYJTk.png?width=640&crop=smart&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=718c20a1d15c18a8e7a3606b11170d1ec8f2a61c)