HI - When I open my laptop lid from sleep mode I am hearing a "Click", Click, Click sound near the left hand side of the laptop ( Inspiron 17R) which is where I presume the disc drive is found.
After 3 - 4 clicks the laptop stops, in the sense that the screen is visible but nothing reacts to my mouse.
So, I force a reboot through the power switch. Sometimes it will freeze on boot and again, I hear the ciicks. Sometimes, it will boot properly. Usually after 2 - 3 tries it boots successfully.
I have run Dell diagnostics on it and it comes out clean. I have runs a disc check on it and it fixed a few things but nothing major.
So - is my hard disc failing ?? Should I expect a crash ?? Or is this something innocent which can be fixed with some software ??
