Is my hard drive crashing?

[teamdaddy]

I'm getting a loud noise from the left front of my T-23 (as looking at the screen). It's a loud clicking noise and my computer is really starting to act up. It is slow to respond and sometimes will want to freeze up. I was wondering if it could possibly be the hard drive going bad? Any advice on how to troubleshoot would be appreciated.

[pae77]

Well if you want to test your hard drive, IBM provides a "drive fitness test" program you can download and run to test your hd. You can download the dft here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... HXKVX.html