Clicking Hard drive

[verymagicalguy]

So I have a Seagate 1.5tb that's starting to click. I've turned it off for now and am buying another drive to back the data onto.

My question is, after I back the data up, is a clicking drive a valid reason for a warranty replacement? Or will it need to die first? If so, is there anyway to speed up its unavoidable failure?

Thanks!

 

[Dangman]

Yup a clicking sound is grounds for a RMA.