My Toshiba dt01aca200 HDD makes a weird sound 15 minutes after boot.

mrmarci

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I bought a new PC a month ago and got a Toshiba dt01aca200 2TB HDD but it is very noisy compared to my old blue Western Digital. I hear scratching noises when it's being used, which (for my taste) is too loud, I didn't hear them on my old PC's HDD. But there's also a weird noise, (because up to this point everything could be considered normal, except it's noisier than competition), which occours roughly about 15-30 minutes after a boot and sound like this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n4pfqnylpgzm1lo/My%20HDD%20noise.wav?dl=0

Could this indicate a problem? It regularly does this and is annoying. If you need further information please tell me.

CrystalDiskInfo told me this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmk4wur305r1cew/HDD%20info.png?dl=0

Thanking you in advance,

Márton

My PC:

CPU:Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Microsoft Windows 10 (build 15063), 64-bit
BIOS Date: 07/06/17 15:35:08 Ver: 05.0000C
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D2V
Case: Deepcool tesseract sw
HDD: toshiba DT01ACA200
SSD: SilikonPower s55 120GB
PSU: Chieftec Smart 600W (GPS-600A8)
RAM: 8GB (2x4) Crucial 2133 Mhz DDR4
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X
 

rchdd

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I have exactly the same Toshiba HDD , I took the tests and there are no bad sectors, I even took your test (CrystalDiskInfo) and after 15 minutes it makes exactly the same sound. I have the HDD since one year. In an old loud computer I haven't noticed any sound. Two mounts ago I placed it in a all new desktop. First it was a different sound every 20 minutes that sounds like the HDD was closing and opening from time to time without even using it while surfing the net - it is only for storage, my system is on a SSD (and the settings were to never close ). Yesterday after I took out and re-plug the Serial ATA power cable ( in the same socket , or even tried different sockets) the clicking sound of closing and opening disappeared (it was like the sound made when you open the computer and the HDD starts) and this new sound appeared exactly like in your sound sample recording after 15 minutes of opening the system.
If you found the cause please share it.
Thank you