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Are those normal noises a HDD should make?

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Go to solution Solved by WhackingCheese,

sounds like the read head moving on the platter. nothing to worry about if you ask me. If it starts running slower than usual, like a lot slower, than abandon ship and get a new one.

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I just wanted to know if these are normal noises a HDD should do, considering it is 2.5 year old, as I'm kinda worried about it.

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sounds like the read head moving on the platter. nothing to worry about if you ask me. If it starts running slower than usual, like a lot slower, than abandon ship and get a new one.

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It should if is in load but if not, run a SMART test and are you using a laptop or desktop?

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Just now, WhackingCheese said:

sounds like the read head moving on the platter. nothing to worry about if you ask me. If it starts running slower than usual, like a lot slower, than abandon ship and get a new one.

Just wondering... are those normal read/write speeds for a 750gb 5400rpm hdd?

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1 minute ago, GoZone said:

It should if is in load but if not, run a SMART test and are you using a laptop or desktop?

laptop. also I've tried doing a smart test, but I just can't manage how to get it to work. 

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you have been visited by ascii stephen harper the pc builder

nothing bad will happen to you unless if you post "ignfdofsginedsoignoifdn" in this thread

why? because you'll be banned for spam

lol

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