External Drive "Clicks" during operation

[backeberg]

Hi.

I have a Seagate 1TB FreeAgent Desk external HDD. During operation it emits clicking sounds that are loud enough to be annoying. Seagate tools report no errors. Should I be concerned? The drive is used for backup of critical data.

Thanks

Dave

 

[welshmousepk]

A clicking drive usually indicates it is failing. Odd being that the HDD is so new, but i would back up the data to another drive immediately, and then either talk to seagate (if under warranty) or take to a professional.

 

[evongugg]

See if it matches any of these under Seagate:

Hard drive sounds

http://www.datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php