Hard Drive issue (transfer rate and clicking noise)

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hey guys.
im new here.
so i have an Acer Aspire 5755G (Upgraded)
8GB RAM - 750GB HDD (WD Blue) - Core i3 2350M 2.3GHz - 2GB Graphic Geforce 630M NVidia.
i have 3 problem here.

Q1 : i had another internal drive (Seagate). i make it external with hdd box and get a new WD Blue for my laptop. after installing new drive i hear click sound almost every minutes or less. i just tested my HDD With 5 or more S.M.A.R.T software like WD Disk Life Guard - HD Tune Pro - Hard Disk Sentinel - Ashampoo HDD Control - Crystal Disk Info etc. all of them said the hard drive is in perfect status of health!
is this bad or what? can i trust this drive for putting my data on it without keep backup another place ?

Q2 : copy transfer rate between internal Drives (like from C to D) is the same with copy form flash drive (USB) to Drives or Flash drive to flash drive!
its never get more than 30MB/s.

Q3 : when i copy files (between internal drives or Flash drives) or extract archives with Win RAR i cant do anything else!
for example i cant run KMPlayer! i cant run FireFox and etc!
i mean its very slow to doing that.
*** i had this issue with my other hard drive too.

Thank you guys for your help and im sorry for my bad english
 
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clicking is generally very bad sound for a hdd. I urge you to back everything up on it. I personally would not use it for anything you aren't ready to lose in a heartbeat. As for transfer rate, could e a side effect of the drive going bad but more likely it is the interface you are using. if you using usb 2.0 your stuck at about 48MBs max (ie 480 Mbps) but that number is usally lower...say like 30MBs...Now if your running it on the USB 3.0 port and the drive is using a 3.0 adapter then you should not be having this issue as the speed then jumps to 400MBs (5Gbs).

atomicWAR

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clicking is generally very bad sound for a hdd. I urge you to back everything up on it. I personally would not use it for anything you aren't ready to lose in a heartbeat. As for transfer rate, could e a side effect of the drive going bad but more likely it is the interface you are using. if you using usb 2.0 your stuck at about 48MBs max (ie 480 Mbps) but that number is usally lower...say like 30MBs...Now if your running it on the USB 3.0 port and the drive is using a 3.0 adapter then you should not be having this issue as the speed then jumps to 400MBs (5Gbs).
 
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