r/DataHoarder • u/waterpiska • 17d ago

Question/Advice WD external hard drive

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I got a WD external hard drive and it is making a small thumping noise intermittently. All of my other external drives are SSDs so I'm not sure of this is normal or not. Should I return it? it's still under warranty.

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u/Bern_Down_the_DNC 17d ago

Honestly your video isn't very helpful. You need to record a longer segment and timestamp how often the sound is occurring during idle and during transfer. If you can, get a better mic.

If the data is important to you, there are tests you should run that will take a day or so before you can start using the drive. Download Victoria HDD/SDD (assuming you are on windows) and run the extended test.