keep old HHD?

[Zecrid]

So i’m resurrecting my old computer and i’m considering using my old HDD (7-ish yrs old), it has been making noises for a few years now but after getting a new computer i never knew HDD's were quiet, and now the noise is concerning me. I'll provide a video of me transferring files over to the new computer.

 

 

[knightslugger]

sounds like a 7 year old HDD to me...

[Electronics Wizardy]

Check the smart data on the drive with something like crystal disk info

[Mark77]

You're copying 12,000 files or so (I can't read that number for sure, but it was 11,xxx).  Lots of seeking is perfectly normal.  A defrag might help matters if you want to speed it up.  But other than that, I don't hear any noises that are abnormal on that recording.  Yeah, check the SMART data using smartctl/smartmontools or CrystalDiskInfo, but those noises are perfectly normal 'seeking' noises associated with copying large numbers of small files.

[Zecrid]

8 minutes ago, Mark77 said:

You're copying 12,000 files or so (I can't read that number for sure, but it was 11,xxx).  Lots of seeking is perfectly normal.  A defrag might help matters if you want to speed it up.  But other than that, I don't hear any noises that are abnormal on that recording.  Yeah, check the SMART data using smartctl/smartmontools or CrystalDiskInfo, but those noises are perfectly normal 'seeking' noises associated with copying large numbers of small files.

correction it was 513,xxx

20 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Check the smart data on the drive with something like crystal disk info

Crystal says it's “good” with 1.5yrs of Power On Hours

Thank you two for the help i'm glad that the noises are not the harbinger of death for my HDD.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Zecrid said:

 

Crystal says it's “good” with 1.5yrs of Power On Hours

Thank you two for the help i'm glad that the noises are not the harbinger of death for my HDD.

but you don't know when it will die. Make sure you have backups

[Zecrid]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

but you don't know when it will die. Make sure you have backups

That's what i was doing in the video, but thanks for the suggestion any way.