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Hard drive whirring noise

tank234
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So I have this 4tb WD hard drive about 3 years old now and every time I go to use it. Like access the files it makes a whirring noise and then it freezes the file explorer window then after the whirring is done the frozen window is gone and I can access the file or make a new folder or new text document. Is there any way to make the hard drive not do that and so that I don't need to wait for it to boot up then I can access the files. I have tried to go into the power plan and change it from balanced to high performance and I went to advanced settings and set the hard disk sleep option to 0 minutes and still nothing the hard drive is still doing the same thing. 

 

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1 minute ago, tank234 said:

So I have this 4tb WD hard drive about 3 years old now and every time I go to use it. Like access the files it makes a whirring noise and then it freezes the file explorer window then after the whirring is done the frozen window is gone and I can access the file or make a new folder or new text document. Is there any way to make the hard drive not do that and so that I don't need to wait for it to boot up then I can access the files. I have tried to go into the power plan and change it from balanced to high performance and I went to advanced settings and set the hard disk sleep option to 0 minutes and still nothing the hard drive is still doing the same thing. 

 

thanks   

it sounds like a problem with the spinning disk inside the hard drive, if that's the case you are going to need to get a new drive (get an ssd this time)

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Just now, WambleCropped said:

it sounds like a problem with the spinning disk inside the hard drive, if that's the case you are going to need to get a new drive (get an ssd this time)

really my hard drive failed in 3 years. Well it is going to be a pain to move all my files

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really my hard drive failed in 3 years. Well it is going to be a pain to move all my files

most ssd will come with a cloning software so it should not be that bad. does the whirring noise only happen when accessing files. (what about launching apps, startup??)

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5 minutes ago, WambleCropped said:

most ssd will come with a cloning software so it should not be that bad. does the whirring noise only happen when accessing files. (what about launching apps, startup??)

when I launch apps nothing happens it is normal, and on startup there is also no noise. Only when I go to access files. Could it be overheating?

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