HD making weird sound on idle. Is it failing?

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RoxVort

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It started 3 days ago on my laptops hd out of nowhere, I thought it would go away but it persists.

Here is some info from HD Tune Pro I took.
https://puu.sh/wGiKE/dab99a324d.png
https://puu.sh/wGiNk/8fe94a5639.png
https://puu.sh/wGj9o/9491271698.png
https://puu.sh/wGjbk/417e062b36.png

And here is a sound clip of the laptop. It low sound, but you can hear it clearly at the end of the audio clip.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1H66w18uLjS

It only happens when it's on idle.
When I open software, working and generally using it, it makes normal sounds.

Any advice?
 
beers

beers

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Staff member
IO error is a pretty bad sign, same with excessive clicking. You could get a SMART report out of it with something like CrystalDiskInfo but I'd pull the data you need off of it ASAP and replace.
 
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RoxVort

New Member
johnb35 said:
Run drive fitness test on it and see what it says.

https://www.hgst.com/support/hard-drive-support/downloads
Click to expand...

I tried it, but when I open the software it does not recognize my hard drive so there is nothing I can do.

But I did do is I run the Dell Diagnostic tool that Dell laptops have built in them. Here are the results.
https://puu.sh/wGOCS/da2dfd3d02.jpg

Keep in note that during the test the hard drive did not make that noise that I mentioned in earlier posts.

It seems that it makes that noise when it's idling on Windows 10.

But my question remains the same. Is it failing?

So far I ran all the tests and it seems to be just fine, but it makes that noise now and then and it's unusual.
 
johnb35

johnb35

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My thoughts are the drive shouldn't be making any noises at idle. When it makes that noise do you see the hdd light blink?
 
Darren

Darren

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In my experience some drives can just get noisy and still be fine. Backup important stuff if possible but if you're passing all those diagnostics you're probably okay.
 
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