thats normal for old hard drives

@ajwgeek So if there’s a little bit of noise and then long periods of nothing that’s not a big deal?

This sound is very annoying due to high frequency tone !

My WD Caviar Blue WD3200AAJS started generating the same “whistle” sound from the first use. It is annoying.

i hate those computers, i think i have formatted over 200 over them !

when it makes the “click of death” you will know, trust me, my computer desk wobbled left and right ~2 cm when it happened, haha

well obviously, your computer has a geiger counter and its saying your radioactive

Its completely normal, especially on older computers. HDD faliures are clicknig poping, and the like every 3 seconds.

you should always back up your data

thats just the hard drive workin’!

That’s normal, don’t worry about it

The audio on my ccompac laptop makes strange LOUD noises sometimes. Its coming from the speakers and its freaking me out a bit. Is anyone having this prob? plz plz reply….It really acts up when I raise and lower the volume.

i have a computer simular to this one and it makes that same sound..but its the loud Western digital hard drive! nothing to worry about

Your pc is old man time for upgrade

mines 578 rpms it really old but is not failinng it wired

Is that Western Digital Caviar drive? And I like you Compaq EVO!

YaDunn0: Look, at the time of writing that comment I wasn’t quite sure what a solid state drive was. I’m not so rusty on this now.

@liquidoxygen0 LOL not in an SSD you tard.

TheGreatAndyChow: I always thought regular hard drives were solid state. But I guess you learn something new every day.

Hey Dumb Dumb, there aren’t any moving parts in a solid state hard drive. No platters or heads, just chips and transistors. Now a regular hard drive obviously has moving parts, because an important factor in performance is disk speed, usually 5400, 7200, 10000 or 15000 rpm. But those are not solid state drives.

I think you’re only hearing the sound of the platters spinning. This sound is normal – but as FerralVideo said, if it starts to become much louder than normal, you might want to replace the drive.

Even if your drive is working normally, you should still back up your data on a regular basis. (Myself, I back up my files every week.)

TheGreatAndyChow: Actually there ARE moving parts inside a hard drive. Just type hard disk platters or hard disk read/write head into a search engine.

thats noting i have a hard drive that is doing clicks like a gun fire

Oh… Those stupid EVO models….

If any strange noise u hear like scraching or clicking is a lot louder than normal hard drive sounds. When u hear it clearly outside of your case, its about to fail. My hdd failed when i heard scraching always when i started up my computer. I suggest u backup critical data. Because i didnt :/

: -) Oh yes, if a builder doesn't whistle at me, I'm depressed for a week. These guys are SUPPOSED to whistle at us! They whistle at EVERYTHING. Hell, they'd whistle if a three-legged hippopotamus waddled past. But I guess she'd have to be wearing a short skirt. That always helps…
The hat is indeed pretty horrendous, but it sure is snuggly. Thankfully the UK is now a balmy 5 degrees, so I don't need it any more. It's back to shorts & T-shirt…