Western Digital My Book Essential Edition (WDG1U5000N) 500 GB Hard Drive "39 started making noise" Questions

...every 2 to 3 seconds but actually never gets going Does the noise sound like a clicking noise at regular intervals?If so, I'm afraid it sounds like the hard drive is dead and needs to be

...started making loud clicking noises. What should I do? I'm feeling quite worried as this is my only backup system. 3011 10KU SN 1140710070095E Thanks for your help, Hope to hear soon, Jenina ...

making noises most likely the drive is having a mechanical problem and the drive will need to be replace. If you just did purchase the drive you might go back to the place that you purchaced it to see

started making noise the past few days. My computer would hang up, precisely when my hard drive decided to wonk out I custom build my computer myself, it's been working fine for about 8 months

...started making the clicking noise and just stopped after a while. Improve the FixYa experience for everyone by voting.Hi,It sounds as though you have software incompatibility problem. With a bit of ...

...noise, it doesn't light up, and it's not detected by my computer. you might have a dirty hard drive if the click noise is coming from inside your hard drive the reader arm is skipping across ...

...try removing it from the external enclosure and hook it up internally to the PC. Sometimes the enclosure interface fails. If the drive makes the same noise inside the PC, it's likely

...39;s hard disk is making some strange clicking sounds, BACK UP YOUR DATA IMMEDIATELY (As the drive is not operating smooth and may fail anytime). After making backup of your important data on CD/DVD ...

...appears to start spinning but then makes to clicking noises and then a high-ish frequency beep. I've only had this a few months so rather dissappointed. is it completly broken? I'm having ...

...Unfortunately, that definitely sounds like your hard drive is starting to go. If you can't access the data at all then you may be out of luck. You may be able to retrieve some data off ...