Not sure if my hard drive is about to fail

[yams_22]

Hey guys, I've just built my new system 1 week ago and I have a M4 as my boot drive and a WD 500gb for storage.

I've had failing hard drives before and I know the clicking sounds associated with them...
My new WD drive makes 2-3 clicking sounds when waking up from sleep, or when booting up my computer. Is this something I should be worried about?

 

[nhasian]

If you just built a new system a week ago it wouldn't hurt to swap out the 500G drive and have it replaced just to be on the safe side.

 

[rdc85]

usually unusual noise from can be meaning motor problems....

If u had SMART enabled from bios, u can check smart data it will give u a signal of failing drives or u can using program like speedfan / seatool / etc to read it for u...

(some problems like electrical can broke the drive instantly, so SMART data only for reference, it wise choice to backup data periodically)

edit:
is your wd ticking sound same as spin up sound?

my wd 500gb caviar blue having spin up sound when turned on but it still good for now (3 month...)

 

[Hawkeye22]

Is this a green drive? They tend to park their heads a lot so that it can spin down and save power. If it's a subtle click it should be ok.

 

[yams_22]

No, it's a caviar black drive.

I ran a SMART test on the drive with SpeedFan and it did just fine, its fitness and performance both scored well... The drive only makes 2-3 small clunks when I'm booting up and now I'm assuming I'll be ok.

 

[rdc85]

Looks like it's good to go, periodic backup important data is advised....

(not owned WD C_Black so cannot give more advice than that..)

 

[yams_22]

Yep, I'll be keeping an eye on it and defragging about once every two weeks, I'll let you guys know if anything else happens.

Thanks!

 

[rdc85]

w7 will automatically defrag the drive for u periodically (I don't even know when he do it)..

But before we side tracked...... good luck with the drive.....