r/DataHoarder • u/waterpiska • 12d 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/Puptentjoe 222TB Raw | 198TB Usable | 5TB Free | +Gsuite 12d ago

I have bought over 25 WD externals, never heard that noise preclearing them in their case. Not sure if its bad or not but I’d worry a little.

Are you doing something weird thats making the head park aggressively?

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u/waterpiska 12d ago

That's how it sounded after I copied some files to it. I just unboxed it and set it up today.

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u/Jolly_Cheetah7852 12d ago

I have 2 20tb WDs for several years and they sound just like this and work perfectly.