I’ve been getting the classic ‘blue screen of death’ lately regarding a drive operating outside normal parameters. I own a Dell and upon startup have run Dell’s IDE drive diagnostics and get the following result:
Primary IDE
Drive 0: -Fail. Return Code:4
Now I know this can’t be good but was curious as to what ‘return code 4’ means and if there is anything at all that I can do. Surprisingly I can still get into windows, but performance is way down and when left unattended upon my return the friendly blue screen error message is back. Other things that clue me in to my hard drive going is that I am beginning to hear intermittent ‘clicking’ and abnormal noises from my computer. Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
