The loud clicking noise coming from a faulty hard drive is most likely created by:

A. the coil reversing polarity in an endless loop.
B. one or more bad spindle motor bearings
C. repeated motion of the read/write head armature parallel to the platter
D. the solid state read/write head scratching the platter surface.


Answer: C. repeated motion of the read/write head armature parallel to the platter

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