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So, I've been hearing a clicking sound coming from my macbook for about a week now. The last few days the system has just been locking itself up when I try to type anything.

Now, at startup I see this:

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I'm assuming that the clicking was "the click of death" and my hard drive is fried. Or am I wrong?

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That's the most likely scenario.

Have you tried booting from a system disc? I'd recommend doing that, and then running Disk Utility and see what it says about the drive.

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Thanks Dori, I've had this sucker for a long time and for the life of me, can't remember where my system disk is. I think it's time to retire this bad boy. – Brandon Bertelsen Sep 28 '10 at 22:37
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not necessary:)

your mac just cannot where your OS is,

check here and if not helps, reformat HDD and install fresh OS

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1440

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Thanks Stalker, I had my HDD tested and one of the arms is right off it's rocker – Brandon Bertelsen Sep 29 '10 at 17:15
According to that link, the first thing to try is "Start up from a system software CD or DVD, and repair your disk using Disk Utility." Boy, that sounds kinda familiar… – Dori Sep 30 '10 at 3:32
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