Noisy HDD

[Gabby2805]

Hi, I've had my PC for almost a year now and my HDD was brand new for it. It is a 3TB Toshiba P300 7200RPM. 

 

I've always thought the HDD has been fairly noisy - and sometimes it makes more noise than others and it can make a variety of different noises. I don't think it can be failing since it is pretty new and not heavily used - I've only filled about 1/3rd of it and I thinking about resetting/formatting it soon. I'm pretty sure its always made noises but for some reason its bothering me more now. Is there anything I can do to reduce the noise or should I be concerned?

 

My DVD drive is also noisy on startup and when in use but since it is not used most of the time, it does not bother me as much as the hard drive noises...its almost like a grinding sound occasionally!

 

Thanks

[LHJKO]

what kind of noise does it click

[EPPHO]

If it bothers you while gaming get a headset  

[Enderman]

It's called "buy an ssd"

Also, why do you still have a dvd drive? It's 2017....

[FakeNSA]

2 minutes ago, Enderman said:

It's called "buy an ssd"

Also, why do you still have a dvd drive? It's 2017....

I have one because many people don't seem to know about youtube as a platform for videos, and you have to order dvds.

[Gabby2805]

1 minute ago, Vernw3 said:

what kind of noise does it click

A variety really! Most of the time I can hear a very faint almost clicking sound or like the sound of a needle scratching but that's normal and not so bad. But sometimes, pretty randomly, it can get quite loud with almost scratching/grinding noises and even beeps/clicks. Its not even when I'm particularly using it either, I can leave it idle and perhaps background actions trigger it. 

 

I use advanced system care that has a performance monitor and sometimes when its noisy, it says under 'processes with high disk I/O' and it says Disk 0 is at 100% for a few seconds but I don't get how thats possible when most of the time I dont even have anything running. I'm also pretty sure disk 0 is my ssd anyway but even thats got 1tb and not in heavy use!

[LHJKO]

if its clicking and grinding then its def bad 

[Gabby2805]

4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

It's called "buy an ssd"

Also, why do you still have a dvd drive? It's 2017....

 

Got an SSD. 1TB thanks. I also want a HDD for mass storage like photos and videos.

 

And I need a DVD drive. Do you never play old games? I need it for my old Sims collection, I even have a disc copy of Skyrim to speed up the installation, and I watch DVDs sometimes too. 

[ALJOJAISON]

9 minutes ago, Gabby2805 said:

Hi, I've had my PC for almost a year now and my HDD was brand new for it. It is a 3TB Toshiba P300 7200RPM. 

 

I've always thought the HDD has been fairly noisy - and sometimes it makes more noise than others and it can make a variety of different noises. I don't think it can be failing since it is pretty new and not heavily used - I've only filled about 1/3rd of it and I thinking about resetting/formatting it soon. I'm pretty sure its always made noises but for some reason its bothering me more now. Is there anything I can do to reduce the noise or should I be concerned?

 

My DVD drive is also noisy on startup and when in use but since it is not used most of the time, it does not bother me as much as the hard drive noises...its almost like a grinding sound occasionally!

 

Thanks

Even though the HDD is a new one, it can still be defective. I think you HDD is bad.

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Gabby2805 said:

Got an SSD. 1TB thanks. I also want a HDD for mass storage like photos and videos.

 

And I need a DVD drive. Do you never play old games? I need it for my old Sims collection, I even have a disc copy of Skyrim to speed up the installation, and I watch DVDs sometimes too. 

All of those can be converted to digital and stored on a drive...

You can always buy a quieter HDD too, but just buying larger SSDs is always better.

[ALJOJAISON]

But you can still do one thing to make sure that it is indeed bad.. Try plugging the HDD into another PC and see the result..If its the same, change the HDD or move out for warranty purpose if it is under warranty.