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HI all,

My hdd makes a constant  silent grinding noise. Is there any way to fix this ?

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Just now, Megah3rtz said:

???? 

a grinding noise but silent....

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HDD viberates. Makes sure the HDD is secured tightly. I had the saimilar problem where I ot lazy and did not secure the other side of the HDD and it vibrates

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Just now, Kakapipi said:

a grinding noise but silent....

If it's making a silent noise then you can't hear it do you mean a quiet grinding noise

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4 minutes ago, Kakapipi said:

HI all,

My hdd makes a constant  silent grinding noise. Is there any way to fix this ?

Stop writing/reading anything to that disk.

 

It is normal for hdds to make a slight "grinding" or scratching noise when the disk is reading/writing info. 

 

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Just now, Himommies said:

If it's making a silent noise then you can't hear it do you mean a quiet grinding noise

 

1 minute ago, Megah3rtz said:

I didn't realize noise was silent 

Quiet* sorry hahahaha

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1 hour ago, deXxterlab97 said:

HDD viberates. Makes sure the HDD is secured tightly. I had the saimilar problem where I ot lazy and did not secure the other side of the HDD and it vibrates

didnt work, it makes a quiet scratiching/grinding noise

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Could you maybe be a bit more descriptive about the noise?

Usually they make weird noises like little clicky popping noises and sometimes even produce strange pitches if they are getting older.

I would back it up to another drive and then buy a new one if it's a problem.

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2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Why make another topic?

 

Because nobody answers me

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5 minutes ago, Alec M said:

Could you maybe be a bit more descriptive about the noise?

Usually they make weird noises like little clicky popping noises and sometimes even produce strange pitches if they are getting older.

I would back it up to another drive and then buy a new one if it's a problem.

It just randomly makes this quite grinding noise or when im browsing through my files, i have a WD 1tb and its about 1.5 months old

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22 minutes ago, Kakapipi said:

It just randomly makes this quite grinding noise or when im browsing through my files, i have a WD 1tb and its about 1.5 months old

Yeah, that's normal.

 

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7 hours ago, Kakapipi said:

HI all,

My hdd makes a constant  silent grinding noise. Is there any way to fix this ?

It's probably on its way out.

 

Hdds clicking or grinding is a sign of imminent mechanical failure. I'd replace.

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1 hour ago, mark_cameron said:

It's probably on its way out.

 

Hdds clicking or grinding is a sign of imminent mechanical failure. I'd replace.

He said a quiet clicking, which is typical of WD drives

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9 hours ago, Alec M said:

He said a quiet clicking, which is typical of WD drives

Yeah, it depends on the loudness.

 

Basically if it sounds odd with a mechanical drive be prepared for a failure. I had a HDD fail on me luckily prewarned for a failure and managed to clone the entire OS drive onto a brand new one.

 

Given how cheap HDs are it would seem silly to not take precautions.

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5 hours ago, mark_cameron said:

Yeah, it depends on the loudness.

 

Basically if it sounds odd with a mechanical drive be prepared for a failure. I had a HDD fail on me luckily prewarned for a failure and managed to clone the entire OS drive onto a brand new one.

 

Given how cheap HDs are it would seem silly to not take precautions.

He said it's one and a half months old.

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1 minute ago, Alec M said:

He said it's one and a half months old.

Doesn't matter. If its been dropped (physical damage) it can fail! 

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Just now, mark_cameron said:

Doesn't matter. If its been dropped it can fail! 

Good point.

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