Solved Weird Sound Coming From my PC

[Rustys]

I would go ahead and exchange the drive for a new one and also look into getting an External Drive for backups of that information.

Yes, the drives can pass quality at the manufactures then unfraternally there is no telling how they are handled by shippers, staff and or anyone else. Even customers have dropped the drive and just put it back on the shelf. It could be due to corrupt data on the drive which can be caused by loose RAM, power, or data cable.

You could try using Diskpart to wipe the drive and then have Disk part format it and see if it works after checking the cables.

@Bruce anything else to add?

 

[markodreznjak]

I would go ahead and exchange the drive for a new one and also look into getting an External Drive for backups of that information.

Yes, the drives can pass quality at the manufactures then unfraternally there is no telling how they are handled by shippers, staff and or anyone else. Even customers have dropped the drive and just put it back on the shelf. It could be due to corrupt data on the drive which can be caused by loose RAM, power, or data cable.

You could try using Diskpart to wipe the drive and then have Disk part format it and see if it works after checking the cables.

@Bruce anything else to add?

He said the cables are fine, so it’s most likely broken hdd…

 

[Rustys]

Then would replace the HDD is the next option.

 

[Bruce]

HDD's are mechanical units with moving parts, so suffer all those problems associated with anything continually in motion; bearings, dust, g-forces, heat, excessive use, age.

a bad drive can cause data corruption but never the reverse - bad files will not cause a drive to go south.

your first drive was probably just old and died of natural causes, the 'new' drive either wasn't actually new, or got knocked during it's short life from the factory to your PC, or was just one of those 'Friday' units with bad karma.

I'd certainly go for a new internal drive for your work but yeah - get yourself an external as well for backups. also consider maybe a SSD as a new 2nd internal choice. yes - bang for buck still favours HDD but the gap has significantly reduced recently. just a thought!

as to brand, geez, that's the 64 million dollar question.
I used to only get Western Digital, then noticed what I thought was unacceptable failures, switched to Seagate's and was impressed for years and years, then starting seeing increased failure rates (not many but certainly an increase). but that's what warranty is for and why you should be backing up.

 

[markodreznjak]

HDD's are mechanical units with moving parts, so suffer all those problems associated with anything continually in motion; bearings, dust, g-forces, heat, excessive use, age.

a bad drive can cause data corruption but never the reverse - bad files will not cause a drive to go south.

your first drive was probably just old and died of natural causes, the 'new' drive either wasn't actually new, or got knocked during it's short life from the factory to your PC, or was just one of those 'Friday' units with bad karma.

I'd certainly go for a new internal drive for your work but yeah - get yourself an external as well for backups. also consider maybe a SSD as a new 2nd internal choice. yes - bang for buck still favours HDD but the gap has significantly reduced recently. just a thought!

as to brand, geez, that's the 64 million dollar question.
I used to only get Western Digital, then noticed what I thought was unacceptable failures, switched to Seagate's and was impressed for years and years, then starting seeing increased failure rates (not many but certainly an increase). but that's what warranty is for and why you should be backing up.

Thanks! You’ve been very helpful, both of you! I’m definitely buying new hdd and I already purchased external hdd for backups. Also now considering purchasing ssd for storage also.

 

[Rustys]

Having more than one back up would be better if the budget allows you can always get a second later along the line.

 

[Rustys]

Make sure to wipe the old data off the old drive prior to returning it if that is what you are planning to do.