HDD noise

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l3ender

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I recently purchased a new HDD (Seagate Barracuda 7200.10--750GB) and slapped it in my computer. I can hear it making noise, which I'm pretty sure is it turning off and on. It does this a few times a minute or so. This is when the drive is not being used. I turned off indexing on the drive (it is being used for data only), but the sound persists. Am I being paranoid? What's going on and is it ok?
 
I wouldnt worry about it. I have a 650 gig barracuda and its very loud when powering up from an idle state.
 
This is more than just powering up, though. It's all the time when it's idle.
 
Well I put my head right next to it and it sounds like it's spinning down and turning off and then turning back on.
 
If you use a SMART detecting software (Speedfan, etc) it should list those various stats for the drive.
 
I use SpeedFan, but I don't know what I'm looking for.

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OK, go to Seagates website, and look under the support section, and then look in the downloads section and get a copy of the DOS version of the diagnostic program. Don't bother with the Winblows version as it will just refer you to the dos version if there are any difficulties.

Don
 
I take it back--the drive makes the same noise when I'm using it too. I was copying a bunch of files to it today and it still does the whirring sounding like it's spinning up/down.
 
Using SeaTools, the drive passed. I dunno, I'm still paranoid. :p

Thanks for the link to the diagnostic tool, though.
 
Sure thing. Here's where you can download it.

At 5 seconds, the click
at 18, drive spinning down
at 48-50, drive spinning up
at 55, click
at 1:20, click
at 1:32, spin down

Edit: you'll want to crank your sound up.
 
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