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Clicking 1.5TB Seagate drive
Seagate 1.5 TB USB drive. In the middle of a 100GB transfer - it's started clicking. Basically a click every second, then a faster (probably 4/sec), quieter click for a few sec, then back to the 1 / sec. Quiet for short periods, but it always comes back. Been occurring for an hour now. Still moving files, (9MB/sec).
Normal? (If so why hasn't it done it before?
Suggestions?
clarkhodge
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May 7th, 2010 15:00
Update,
It ran for an hour, normally, then clicked for two, then stopped (copy stalled). I re-opened, and could see the files, and where it had stopped. Was able to copy files off the drive. Restarted copy, and it stalled immediately. Powered all off, on again - it's dead.
Spent 30 minutes w/ clueless support. End result - Dell only supports for 21 days. Now have to call into seagate. Would've been nice in the 1st 5 minutes that tehey could have told me that.
Jeff Hoffman
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May 7th, 2010 17:00
Hi Clark - Dell only supports for 21 days? Is this part of a new system or did you just buy the drive? I am going to have another hard drive but maybe I should go to Newegg instead of Dell?
Jeff
linda092
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May 7th, 2010 17:00
Seagate is a good company, I bet they replace it. Clicking is a sure warning sign that things are going downhill fast. Did you lost any important data?