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Old November 21st, 2014, 11:39 PM
kaymicrager kaymicrager is offline
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Hard drive, unusual sounds, smart Tests passed?

Hello.
I bought a WD black 2tb hard drive. didn't notice too much noise until i made it my windows boot drive.
After I installed Win 8.1 full on it and ran updates, after the updates were done there was a loud grinding chatter like noise. very loud.
now there are just quieter chatter noises, just a little bit louder than the review videos of others recording it. So not too concerned now. but there are a few random spikes in HD activity when just sitting doing nothing.
in WD diagnostic lifeguard, SMART test passed. bad sector test passed.
SO MY Questions are:
Is it really fine? I only have a few days to return to seller, if they would take it now. then rely on warranty.
And how can i see what the few random spikes in activity are caused by?
Thanks.
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