NEW WD BLUE Spin up time increased

May 12, 2018
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This is not critical, but my hdd's spin up time increased from 1.2s to 1.4s since i started using it.
Maybe this is because I started filling it up with data in the last days.
I also heard a weird beep coming from the laptop, but the hdd is in a perfect status and doesn't show any symptoms of failing.
https://i.imgur.com/vCKsL3h.png

EDIT: Also Windows 7 has been freezing sometimes and mostly when I turn it on back from sleep which requires a hard reboot.
I also found this error in the event manager which turned out to be a cause for windows hangs for a lot of people when I looked it up.
https://i.imgur.com/ZJ5LpuP.png
 
Solution
I would look into the seek time, not the spin up time, as there is no specification given on that, and its based on RPM speedas anyways... 1.2s and 1.4s @ 5400rpm speed before first read isn't an issue. have you dont a test of the hard drive read/write?