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HDD drive beeps when acessed

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If you hear something like a bip and then a sort of "start spinning" sound it's pretty normal.

I always hear this kind of sound after some time I'm not using one of my hard disks, I think it stops for power saving and when it restarts it makes that sound...

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Hi,

 

The drive has a Healthy rating by Windows 8 but it beeps sometimes when being accessed.  Not sure what is going on.

 

Thanks.

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If you hear something like a bip and then a sort of "start spinning" sound it's pretty normal.

I always hear this kind of sound after some time I'm not using one of my hard disks, I think it stops for power saving and when it restarts it makes that sound...

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Hi,

 

Yes it sounds more like a bip.  I don't hear any spinning probably due to fans.  My c drive is a SSD so I mostly never hear anything.   That makes sense because the drive (HDD) is rarely used.

 

Thanks.

 

and yes it is a seagate.  I do have online backup with local backup included so not too worried.

CPU i7 4790 | Motherboard  ASUS Z97 Maximus Hero VII | RAM 16 GB Trident X @ 2400 Mhz | GPU Titan X | Case NZXT Phantom 530 | Storage Samsung EVO 840 1 TB SSD, 2 Seagate 150 GB HDD, 1 External 3 GB Seagate HDD | PSU Corsair HX 1050 | Cooling Zalman Copper 2 ball | Keyboard  Logitech G710+ | Mouse Logitech G502 | Sound: Creative Z | Operating System  Windows 10

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