Hard drive clicking and electrical buzzing.

Syzygial

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Mar 25, 2013
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Hi everyone.

I bought a bunch of these a few months ago and use them for storage and backup.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-7200RPM-Cache-SATA3-Drive/dp/B006KCX0UE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364204811&sr=8-1

One storage drive makes a clicking noise accompanied by a soft electrical buzz every time I power on my PC. It continues for about 10 minutes and stops. Since the drive seemed to operate normally and I rarely shutdown my PC I ignored it for the first two months but it continues to bother me. It’s passed all the tests run by Seagate Tools for Windows and I've never had any problems writing and reading data from it.

It is likely to fail or shouldn't I be worried? Thanks.
 

Neilconny00

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Mar 25, 2013
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All drive could fails some day. You should get used to back up your important data on separate drive regularly. For instance, I always back up my data three times a week.