Strange Hard disk sounds

[mymande]

Lately my hard disk started making some weird mechanical sound, i know that it is no good so i removed all important data from it.

What do you think is best? wait until it breaks and then buy a new one or change it now? is there something i can do to fix it?

Thanks

[merco]

Do you frequently add important data? If not I wouldn't worry about it and replace it if it breaks. For instance I usually only add games to my storage and if it fails I can just download them again on a new drive. If you do add important data on a regular basis you should look into a raid setup so you don't lose data if one of the drives fails.

[mymande]

yeah i also use it for game and picture.

if it breaks i only loose my games since i do a backup of my photos. it is more for not re-downloading my steam library

 

[merco]

On 4/16/2020 at 3:02 PM, mymande said:

it is more for not re-downloading my steam library

Well of course if your internet connection sucks it can be a pain, but tbh I have 30 games installed and play maybe 5 of them, so it's kind of irrelevant to me