Need help on hdd ticking/grinding noise

[potatobuilder]

Need help!

 

I am hearing an intermittent ticking/grinding sound on my hdd but I tested it in hdd sentinel and it is still 100% performance and health.

 

btw, I am using the hdd as a secondary drive to my SSD. 

[kirashi]

57 minutes ago, potatobuilder said:

Need help!

I am hearing an intermittent ticking/grinding sound on my hdd but I tested it in hdd sentinel and it is still 100% performance and health.

btw, I am using the hdd as a secondary drive to my SSD. 

Make sure you have your data backed up, and keep using the drive til it dies. There's not a whole lot you can do, as HDD's are sealed units.

[Bishop Crane]

As @kirashi says, as a precaution back up your data, as its possible there is a problem.

That being said, if there are no SMART warnings and it passes health checks it may be fine, some older drives get noisy over time, I have several old 1TB drives that grind like anything while seeking, but there is nothing wrong with them, that's just the way they are.
The noise comes form the Actuator and arm, some of them over time get noisy under rapid movement, so as it moves back and forth over the platter is sounds like its grinding.

However if it starts ticking/grinding all the time, rather than just when being used, that indicates a major problem.