Hard Drive Failure?

[Bassblaster505]

So my hard drive in my new PC eeps buzzing, but only when booting up into windows, defragging of transfer of large files - heres a video i shot of it making the noise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMeZVEA9Cmc&feature=youtu.be

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Bassblaster505,

Sorry that you are facing some issues with your WD drive.

You need to back up all the data stored on it as soon as possible.
After that, you can try attaching the drive with different cables. In case the issue persists, you can test the drive with WD's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool.
Is the HDD under warranty? In case it is, you can contact WD's Support and eventually RMA the drive.

WD's DLG tool: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=FYS4qy
WD's Support: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=L3mL21

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD

 

[Bassblaster505]

Hi there Bassblaster505,

Sorry that you are facing some issues with your WD drive.

You need to back up all the data stored on it as soon as possible.
After that, you can try attaching the drive with different cables. In case the issue persists, you can test the drive with WD's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool.
Is the HDD under warranty? In case it is, you can contact WD's Support and eventually RMA the drive.

WD's DLG tool: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=FYS4qy
WD's Support: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=L3mL21

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD

i ran that test and it checked out ok, as i said it only makes buzzing sounds when reading/writing large files

 

[D_Know_WD]

That is strange. The sound is not really normal for a healthy drive.

Have you tried attaching the drive with different cables? In case you have tried that and the issue persists, then I guess you should either RMA the drive(if it is under warranty) or get another one as this one could fail.

Here you can check whether the HDD is under warranty: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=hUphZr

Cheers,
D_Know_WD