Is my hard drive dying?

[Zadeth]

Hello, this noise started coming from my hard drive and I am just wondering if it is the end of this hard drive's life. It is a 2TB WD Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm).

The sound is sort of faint, I can't hear it with my headset on.

The sound gets louder as I stick the microphone closer to the hard drive, the sound it is making stays at the same level.http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Ia03ryqrMX

 

[MetalSparks]

I just listened to the sound clip you included in the thread, and it doesn't sound all that bad - WD Caviar Black drives are known to be noisy.

Constant clicking, however, would be an issue.

 

[Zadeth]

I just listened to the sound clip you included in the thread, and it doesn't sound all that bad - WD Caviar Black drives are known to be noisy.

Constant clicking, however, would be an issue.

I see, thank you. It's just it has never made this noise before, so I was a bit worried!

It clicked a few times before it started making this noise, but it hasn't clicked since.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Doesn't really sound abnormal to me, but if the drive is making noises it didn't make before, it's likely to be the beginning of a platter or parking head failure. You can run Seatools for windows on the drive to test it's health. Run the short drive self test and the long generic.

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

 

[Darkbreeze]

I just listened to the sound clip you included in the thread, and it doesn't sound all that bad - WD Caviar Black drives are known to be noisy.

Constant clicking, however, would be an issue.

I see, thank you. It's just it has never made this noise before, so I was a bit worried!

It clicked a few times before it started making this noise, but it hasn't clicked since.

Run the test, just to be sure. Clicking is bad and generally means parking head issues.

 

[Zadeth]

Doesn't really sound abnormal to me, but if the drive is making noises it didn't make before, it's likely to be the beginning of a platter or parking head failure. You can run Seatools for windows on the drive to test it's health. Run the short drive self test and the long generic.

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

It passed short generic, running long generic now.

Temperature is 110/230 if that matters.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Short generic is a different test I'm pretty sure. There should be a test called Short DST or Short drive self test. Eh, the long generic should tell the story though.

 

[Zadeth]

Short generic is a different test I'm pretty sure. There should be a test called Short DST or Short drive self test. Eh, the long generic should tell the story though.

Sorry for the late reply! It passed long generic. I can't find the Short DST though.

 

[Darkbreeze]

It's there in the options. This is a test generally present on all mass storage drives. If you still can't find it, there is likely a reason as with a problem on the drive that isn't allowing it.:

 

[Zadeth]

It's there in the options. This is a test generally present on all mass storage drives. If you still can't find it, there is likely a reason as with a problem on the drive that isn't allowing it.:

I see everything but that one.

 

[Darkbreeze]

It may not be supported by the drive. If it passed the other tests though, it SHOULD be ok.

 

[Zadeth]

It may not be supported by the drive. If it passed the other tests though, it SHOULD be ok.

Thank you so much for your help!