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Ringing Portable Harddrive?
starmanbrand
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So, I got a portable harddrive a few months ago, and i use it as media storage and some mild back up (School papers, pictures, and what not). I leave it on all the time, as my computer is on all the time.
For the past month or so, every once in a while it will make a ringing. It stops when I do something I on the drive, like go into a folder and select something, but its obnoxious to do that when i am watching a movie or something.
Any ideas on what is causing this?
For the past month or so, every once in a while it will make a ringing. It stops when I do something I on the drive, like go into a folder and select something, but its obnoxious to do that when i am watching a movie or something.
Any ideas on what is causing this?
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Backup data, nonetheless, and maybe get a new enclosure for the drive.
So I don't know what you just said.
And it's a single unit, not an enclosure+HDD.
However all external stand alone units are typically enclosures that have either a laptop hard drive or a normal hard drive in them once opened.
If you're interested in the Do-it yourself approach you can snap it apart and find out what kind of enclosure to get and just reset it all up.
However, the best bet for you is to probably call the company that you bought this enclosure from, inform them of what's happening, and see if you can get an RMA. Make sure to back up your data before you do this because chances are you won't ever see that drive again and it'll be a new unit.