Western Digital My Book Essential Edition (WDG1U5000N) 500 GB Hard Drive "making sounds" Questions

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It makes a clicking sound..is this normal? if it is only making this sound when it is in use (IE: you are reading/writing a file to/from it) then that is the normal sound that hard drives make.

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Question about Buffalo Technology Computers & Internet

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...sound, then the heads inside the hard drive are banging and the drive needs to be replaced. Data retrieval for drives making clicking sounds are very costly and require a data retrieval

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...cord from the computer and turn on the drive, it doesn't make the clicking sound if the harddisk is making clicking sound,, then there may be an failure of motor inside it,,, ,, nothing but giving ...

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Philips external hard drive not recognized by any computer one of two problems , the interface or the unit , first start by removing the outer cover to make sure the unit is connected properly inside

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...sounds and audio,volume,advanced,speakers select the appropriate speakers from the drop down list or navigate to the device manager scroll to system devices + to expand,system speaker right click ...

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...sounds and audio,volume,advanced,speakers select the appropriate speakers from the drop down list or navigate to the device manager scroll to system devices + to expand,system speaker right click ...

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...sounds and audio,volume,advanced,speakers select the appropriate speakers from the drop down list or navigate to the device manager scroll to system devices + to expand,system speaker right click ...

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...sounds and audio,volume,advanced,speakers select the appropriate speakers from the drop down list or navigate to the device manager scroll to system devices + to expand,system speaker right click ...

Question about Acer Computers & Internet

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hard drive produced sound Really? All hard drives make sounds. If a hard disk makes a clicking sound then the hard disk is faulty and the data is loss. If you need to retrieve the data, there are ...

Question about Hitachi Computers & Internet

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my hitachi makes a clicking sound i dropped my media player/ext hd earlier. been making a clicking sound since. wont work on tv and wont show up on pc now either. just makes a constant clicking sound.

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