Journal #7802 by DiscoStu

DiscoStu

Posted 11 years ago2012-05-20 20:49:43 UTC

This month I started to notice my hard drives being a bit louder than the last time I paid attention to that. Both of them. Needless to say, I'm a bit concerned.

It MIGHT be because I unplugged a case fan that was making this horribly annoying grinding noise (will get a new one one of these days) that might have been masking the HDD noises. But I'm still a bit concerned.

Is anybody knowledged in this regard?

Stojke

Commented 11 years ago2012-05-20 20:57:35 UTC Comment #62385

Its normal for hard drives to make noise.

If it starts emitting bad noise, such as clicking and loud cracking in random intervals, you should get worried.

Do a health scan with Hard Drive Sentinel. Full scan.

Captain Terror

Commented 11 years ago2012-05-20 22:32:07 UTC Comment #62381

backup now! =P

any noise from an hdd scares me. i normally don't hear mine but my 175gb is starting to make some "odd" noises recently, so i backed that shit up quicksmart.

And like Stojke said, if you start hearing any "bad" noises that probably means death is imminetnt and immediate action is required if you need any of that data.

applicable cliche
-Better safe than sorry
-hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

DiscoStu

Commented 11 years ago2012-05-21 01:27:53 UTC Comment #62383

No I think it's normal HDD activity noise, just louder than I'm used to. Or maybe it's just that the loud fan is no longer active and masking the normal HDD noises.

Striker

Commented 11 years ago2012-05-21 05:50:07 UTC Comment #62382

HDD noise is absolutely normal. And if your hard-drive is quite old, you shouldn't bother. As Stojke suggested, you should do a health scan. There's also HD Tune for that.

Crollo

Commented 11 years ago2012-05-21 05:57:13 UTC Comment #62384

It's probably just the fact that the loud fan was masking the noise, especially if both hard drives sounded different afterwards.

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