“I was wondering if it is common for the hard drive to make some quite clicking noises from time to time? I exchanged the first one that did it but this one is doing it too.”
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I had found mine are more likely to click if they are lying flat instead of standing up. Get a program like HD Sentinel that can show you if you have drive errors. Check the SMART info through such a utility. If there are bad blocks you'll see it there.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The clicking noise might be the head moving back and forth which is fine. There are only two major moving parts in the HD, the discs that spin very fast and the head that moves as it writes the data to the drive. Sometimes the head parks itself and there may be a couple little plastic pieces that the head arm touches (which is correct) that help in parking the head.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yeah it's normal. Don't worry about that.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This is a mechanical (Winchester type) drive. It will make some faint clicking and whirring sounds. It is hard to advise you if your clicking is normal. If you ever heard a Zip drive having the infamous 'Click of Death' you'd have something to compare to. It shouldn't be making a lot of clicking when you're not using it (one failure mode is when the tracking mechanism can't find the index and it jams the head assembly into the stop repeatedly in an attempt to realign itself). I cannot hear mine over the fan noise of the computer without putting my ear on the case.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Its a nas hard drive while its plugged in it might make a sound spinning. Shouldn't be too much of a concern. If it continuously clicking while running its a bad drive.
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