New HDD noise on shutting down

MY5T said:

It's hard to know, since in my experience with Hard Drives, when the power to them is cut (shutting down a PC, for example) some of them tend to make a noise like you described - not too loud, but not inaudible either. It could be normal, but that depends. Some drives will automatically stop spinning before the PC shuts off, which removes any such noise, but there are others that wont stop spinning and will produce that noise.

For peace of mind, check it with some drive tools, like WD Diagnostics. But to be 100% sure, I'd backup my data somewhere safe and send it back for replacement if you can.

ok i'll check that Diagnostics


No Anthony my HDD does'nt sound like any of these sounds in the vid... it's just like .... sssseeeeeeeeeeoooooonn on turning off.

According to some of the research I have done on this Hard drive, it is known to be a loud drive!!

Anthony said:

According to some of the research I have done on this Hard drive, it is known to be a loud drive!!

you mean the one i got?