wd my book external hard drive not working clicking sound

However, I found that WD Elements not showing in my computer File Explorer after I connected it to my computer running Windows 10. “I have a Western Digital 1TB Elements Portable external hard drive, which used to work well with my friend’s computer. I checked youtube, and the WD RED indeed does the same ticking noise every 5-10 seconds as I described but at least it doesn’t do the rattle.My WD hard drive not being recognized in Windows 10 Seriously WD, you should think about such issues when you design and release new products to the consumers, and make an effort to fix them at least. And now WD is showing me they can be as bad as their competition! Totally unacceptable. I own a Seagate 8TB Archive and I despise it for its loud grinding when accessing data, and weird clicks when idle. I wonder if the (pricier) WD RED 8TB does the same noises… Perhaps I should get that model instead.

I was very excited to get an 8TB helium HDD, but so far I’m very disappointed in it. Helium is supposed to make HDD’s run cooler, but that external 8TB is running idle at 41C, and 50C under load, while my internal disks are all around 32-35C. I work in a quiet environment and such noises are extremely irritating.

I thought the new helium technology was supposed to be an improvement, but I see that it’s going backwards. On top of that, every 5-10 seconds, there’s a grinding click occuring when idle. I ordered a new one from another seller, and it’s doing the same exact noise. I RMA’d one drive last week because of that rattling noise. I don’t want to risk all my data, I will return this HDD and try to find 8TB which makes normal sounds. I had drives that had something wrong with mechanics, it made loud clicking, rattling noises e.t.c, despite they passed all the tests they died soon. Software diagnostics are not fully reliable, sometimes it’s better to just carefully listen. If you say that it’s normal than ok, for me something is not right.

Sound loudness is subjective and I could agree that first loud rattling sound when hard drive starts is normal, it is only reflecting, all your drives I’ve ever had were very quiet, but let’s say it is normal, this HDD is loud, but I am not concern about drive loudness, mainly I am worried about new kind of noise which I haven’t heard in any HDD before. For me everything what should be heard from hard drive in IDLE is head sound from time to time and of course engine sound. If you turn my movie from 0:58 and increase your volume you will hear it, this noise is quiet and reminds pneumatic hammer, it can be only heard in IDLE and in IDLE it is present for the most of the time.

Wd my book external hard drive not working clicking sound