KoKoChrome      Posted at 2022-10-21 08:22:52(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Hi, I'm not sure if it's a problem I should worry about. My Hard Drive is making these low buzzing noises, sometimes they're not so low. So I checked online, and many don't complain about such noise. It's the clicking sound that we should worry about. It occurs in different times, sometimes when I turn the PC on. Sometimes after a long while, and sometimes not at all throughout the day. It's a SATA 3TB and it's only 10 months old. and the cooling fan is the same age. I downloaded Hard Disk Sentinal and it says all is good, 100% and the temp is 30C. All my data is backed up and windows 10 runs on an SSD. So will the noise go away on its own, or is there something I should do? Thanks  | |
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NatalieNY Posted at 2022-10-21 08:56:11(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Hello Buzzing during a boot or utilizing hard drive when transfers / hd movies / games is alright. Mine does too. As long as it's not constant / too loud / hard drive disconnection , you don't have to worry about it. But still I would recommend you to check the Event log system viewer. | |
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| KoKoChromePosted at 2022-10-21 09:41:57(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Thank you for your help  I checked the even log in windows and there are no hardware events at all. So when you say "it's not constant" are we talking about the whole time it's on? | |
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| hayzee56Posted at 2022-10-21 10:04:46(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Hard Disk Sentinal is very accuate. If it says your drive is ok, then it's most likely ok. Wouldn't hurt the run it now and again and see how many days it says your drive has left. If it's over 1,000 days, you should be ok. Cheers. | |
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| KoKoChromePosted at 2022-10-21 11:20:47(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| It does say that, thank you for your help | |
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| SuperbikemikePosted at 2022-10-21 13:16:52(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| probably just a stylist issue i wouldn't count on it going forever but i have 1 of those since 2013 and its my fault it makes the noise... odds are the drive was once dropped. not a huge issue since its never flawed however i still dont have full trust in it even after this long, not something i would worry about .... the only true way of knowing is the long test using wd data lifeguard and seatools run both sometimes one picks up something the other missed ...  | |
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miok Posted at 2022-10-21 14:15:15(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| When in doubt...Backup the drive in question. Better safe than sorry  | |
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| KoKoChromePosted at 2022-10-21 14:30:19(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| I always do that, had to, learned the hard way | |
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| KoKoChromePosted at 2022-10-21 14:41:43(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| I downloaded the WD Data Lifeguard and ran the short test and its says Pass. Running the extended one right now, it might take a bit long, but from your words, I'm hopeful it'll be alright | |
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| eyezPosted at 2022-10-21 14:54:17(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| I've got a 1 TB HDD sounds like a 56k modem am I bothered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pmiYew3gUw Worry not just bck it up or ghost it Last edited by eyez on 2022-10-21 15:02:50 | |
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| WilliamRupert87Posted at 2022-10-21 15:58:58(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| trouble is, like us, HDs can just die, anytime. | |
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| KoKoChromePosted at 2022-10-21 16:18:51(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Never Bovvered  | |
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| KoKoChromePosted at 2022-10-21 16:58:01(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| So true Last edited by KoKoChrome on 2022-10-21 16:58:22 | |
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| SuperbikemikePosted at 2022-10-21 17:23:58(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| the 2 other things avail on your computer is look at event viewer in the system tab it will show you if you have any ntfs errors and you can always rt click the drive go to properties and run check disk.. do i think it will be fine yeah if you use it like i do for storage noise since 2013 when i dropped it cool, if its a daily user i would think about a 3rd encase sht drive.. and like miok said always have a identical back up for drives , i myself have paid that price before its not fun...  forgot to mention if its a 3.5 everythings good if it is a enclosed drive that a completely different issue as it has attached to the 3.5 a card and software which may be defective i take the 3.5's out, had to many fail while drives inside has no errors what so ever and were perfect ... Last edited by Superbikemike on 2022-10-21 19:42:35 | |
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| phunpsyzPosted at 2022-10-21 19:24:11(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| I've got a hdd problem as well; running out of space with the quickness but for noisy mechanical drives, a deep defrag may help the noise in the sense that the drive doesn't need to work as hard to locate and piece together scattered file chunks, but a defrag itself will not fix any mechanical issue I would run a check disk as well in case of bad sectors | |
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| realityshowPosted at 2022-10-21 23:52:17(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| It would be handy to know if it is an internal drive or external i.e USB. If external it could be that whatever you have it sitting on is amplifying the noise. You can try placing the external drive onto an old mouse mat or rubber anti slip thingy to see if it helps. Also another thing is if you are running windows, just last night i caught my external drive making some unexpected loud noises that i never heard before like it was trying to catalogue all contents. On checking my cpu usage to determine the culprit i spotted microsoft edge doing some kind of update (which usually doesnt create these kind of noises) tho the cpu use for it this time was abnormally high i speculate probably Microsoft spying to see the contents of the external hard drive. They collect all kinds of intrusive data under various ruses. I wouldnt put it past them. Last edited by realityshow on 2022-10-21 23:53:22 | |
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| KoKoChromePosted at 2022-10-22 07:40:07(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| I did the checkDesk and it turned out alright Thank you for helpingLast edited by KoKoChrome on 2022-10-22 07:40:27 | |
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| KoKoChromePosted at 2022-10-22 07:47:04(109Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Thank you so much for your help I do have an external drive as back-up. It's just the noise of the internal drive that was worrying me. Not used to it and perhaps since I'm not that tech-savvy, the worry-level spikes easily But getting there. The hard is practically new and not everyday that I'd replace it. | |
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