Working clicking hard drive?

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ridwanrf Posts 6 Registration date Saturday December 19, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015 - Dec 22, 2015 at 11:38 PM
ridwanrf Posts 6 Registration date Saturday December 19, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015 - Dec 23, 2015 at 10:16 PM
Hello from the otherside.

My Hitachi 500gb hard drive (which has windows 10) has been clicking for weeks.... but still works? It happens when my laptop idle or when I play games. The noise is def the drive, and is not really loud.

Is it really that common?

My drive is around 3 years old, is a good lifespan in general?

Cheers for any info! :D

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Computertech Posts 3569 Registration date Friday February 6, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen July 18, 2016 893
Dec 23, 2015 at 02:12 AM
Clicking sound is not good sign for a good hard drive.

Did you drop it? Or it is hot?

The life of the hard disk depends upon usage and capacity it used and temp.

You can see some explanations in below mentioned websites:

Hard Drive Clicking Sounds

How long do hard drives actually live for?
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ridwanrf Posts 6 Registration date Saturday December 19, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015
Dec 23, 2015 at 10:06 PM
I doubt I ever dropped it, but I do travel alot by motocycle and take my laptop with me. here in Indonesia has really bad street. You know, maybe some collision that happened very often probably made my hard disk be clicking?

and It isn't hot, because I have cleaned my fan and put on pastas on the IC.
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R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   155
Dec 23, 2015 at 03:06 AM
Hi Ridwanrf,

Clicking noises from the hard drive may indicate mechanical issue, which may lead to drive failure. I strongly recommend you to backup all your important data and download the drive manufacturer’s diagnostic tool. Do complete drive scan. Maybe the noise is coming from the drive’s arm, but you can never be 100% sure. If the diagnostics show a good drive condition, I suggest you to keep doing backups and drive checks.
I have a drive that has been clicking for years, but appears in good condition. Do you think your hard drive shows drops in terms of performance?

Hope this helps

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ridwanrf Posts 6 Registration date Saturday December 19, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015
Dec 23, 2015 at 10:11 PM
"Do you think your hard drive shows drops in terms of performance?"
No, Not that I know of. still work the same.
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sandywo Posts 1 Registration date Wednesday December 23, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015
Dec 23, 2015 at 03:54 AM
Do you fix it well?May be it is the quality problem.
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ridwanrf Posts 6 Registration date Saturday December 19, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015
Dec 23, 2015 at 10:16 PM
Guys, let me know what "normal" clicking sound is.
What does this mean?
"Hitachi and IBM hard drives are well known for making natural clicking sounds (unfortunately Hitachi hard drives were also prone to the click of death)."
source from http://ww1.harddriveclicking.net
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