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    Is my hard drive failing?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Chelseafc65, Jul 24, 2008.

  1. Chelseafc65

    Chelseafc65 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, i just brought a brand new Freecom 3'5 external harddrive 500gb. I read a few articles about hard drive failure and the clicking noise. I am scared because whenever i turn on or turn off the harddrive (with the power button at the back), it makes a single clicking noise (the sound is almost like the clock ticking noise) and then i can immediately tell that the hard drive platter is spinning. It makes this noise when i turn it off to. So is this the failure noise or is this normal?

    Thanks
     
    Chelseafc65, Jul 24, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    No thats fine, its just parking the heads before you shut it off
     
    flipfire, Jul 24, 2008
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    rubenvb Notebook Consultant

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    What flipfire says is right (just check his rep lol)

    Every hard drive makes such noises when they spin up or spin down.
     
    rubenvb, Jul 24, 2008
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    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    yes, that is completely normal. every hard drive does that when turning it self on/off.

    what the harddrive is doing is that it is "parking" its head to a safe location in the harddrive. some (advance) harddrive park it in a ramp, some (most) park itself in the safe sector of the disk.
     
    wobble987, Jul 24, 2008
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