Just bought this WD hard drive for my iMac time machine backup. Unlike my 2-year old Iomega hard drive, this one makes noticeable "clicking" noise when it is backing up files. (It is silent of course when it is not backing up file) Does yours make...
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Mine is quiet. I never hear and have never had problems with it. I use mine as an external hard drive and manually add files to it. My Time Machine backs up from my Mac's internal hard drive. I hope this helps.
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I ordered the same drive from Amazon earlier this year (order a 500GB, they were out so sent me a 750Gb). Delivery was quick as most things from Amazon are. I installed the HDD in a Dell Opti 760 which I would consider a small desktop. It works fine but it sure seems noisy. Everytime I go to use it, it seems to be crunching away doing something. I plan to replace it when I get the time. No problems with reliability.
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I never heard a clicking noise went inserting the hard drive into my new xbox360 E style. I put it in as soon as I got it fit perfectly it didn't make a clicking noise for me it fit just like using a flash drive in and out no problem.
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I got this G-DRIVE after purchasing an iMac last year and it works perfectly. I've had it for a year and a half and haven't had any issues.
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I just bought the 500 Gb Version and the Fan noise immediately kicked in. I discovered that by simply placing a cloth or (mouse or rubber)pad underneath the unit, its noise is canceled out. Do you know if the 1TB drive is That much louder than the 500 Gb? Thanks.
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Don't know, since I am using it as Time Machine on my Mac... I never turn the drive off.
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The WD drive I bought was Firewire 400/800 -- faster than USB2 which is all my 2008 iMac handles, but slower than USB3. You will be more up to date for your next Mac if you buy the USB 3 drive, it just won't run at top speed on your current Mac. Time Machine will run fine, just take longer than Firewire. Expect your first back up to take quite a long time.
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I've had mine for almost three years now and my clicking sound started a couple of months later and now the round plastic piece that connects the cable to the foot is cracked, Just not got around to order in it yet! Have you tried a lil wd40?
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I have used the drive (3TB version) about 5 months on my iMac as the time machine with no problems. Set up was flat simple. My old (somewhat full) time machine drive is still attached to the iMac as an auxiliary drive.
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If you are used to TimeMachine, which comes free with the Mac OS, then you cannot expect the automation Apple build into the backup process. You have to configure and operate backups manually on this drive. It is somewhat slow. Even though the connection is USB 3.
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Mine does the same thing when running. Think it is directly connected to part of the drive assembly.
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I don't know, but my Thunderbolt version effectively has no fan noise at all and the drive in it's black enclosure is much much quieter than the duel-disk 8TB Hitachi G-Raid w/fan sitting just next to the Seagate on the same desk. I cannot hear the Seagate spinning, in fact.
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I have been running mine with a Western Digital WD30EFRX NAS 3tb just fine for a few months now. Runs quick and hasn't presented any strange playback issues or lag, it has actually decreased load times but probably due to NAS spec.Though, weird behavior with file transfer, when I copied over the old 1tb drive in my Micca to the new 3tb, it somehow ballooned my files by about 200gb. Hidden files show nothing and quite a few folders read different in size between the two drives. Not sure if files are being decompressed on the copy over or something, no ZIPs just ghost data that has taken decent bite out of the drive, I don't think there is a 200gb reserve or system partition on a 3tb... I have been running mine with a Western Digital WD30EFRX NAS 3tb just fine for a few months now. Runs quick and hasn't presented any strange playback issues or lag, it has actually decreased load times but probably due to NAS spec.Though, weird behavior with file transfer, when I copied over the old 1tb drive in my Micca to the new 3tb, it somehow ballooned my files by about 200gb. Hidden files show nothing and quite a few folders read different in size between the two drives. Not sure if files are being decompressed on the copy over or something, no ZIPs just ghost data that... » Read More I have been running mine with a Western Digital WD30EFRX NAS 3tb just fine for a few months now. Runs quick and hasn't presented any strange playback issues or lag, it has actually decreased load times but probably due to NAS spec.Though, weird behavior with file transfer, when I copied over the old 1tb drive in my Micca to the new 3tb, it somehow ballooned my files by about 200gb. Hidden files show nothing and quite a few folders read different in size between the two drives. Not sure if files are being decompressed on the copy over or something, no ZIPs just ghost data that has taken decent bite out of the drive, I don't think there is a 200gb reserve or system partition on a 3tb... « Show Less
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My 4TB drive is used as a backup drive in a Mac Pro computer (I have four internal drives). The first drive was faulty but it was promptly replaced by Western Digital and the replacement now works without any problems.
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Be careful - mine started making clicking sounds at the same location one night and promptly crashed an hour later, so I'm guessing it was the hard drive. I managed to reboot and reinstall using the "ghost" behind the preinstalled partition, and it functioned just fine for the next couple months until today, when I started hearing squeaky noises from the same area. I promptly shut it down and haven't opened it back up yet, but a quick search of the Asus forums also suggests hard drive issues. I've had this netbook for about 15 months, so I'm a little disappointed but not surprised I'm running into problems. You should definitely back up all your files (good practice in general anyway)!
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I have two of these drives. They are on my work area bout 4 feet from where I work. I use them one at a time (physically remote back up). One has a hum which is sufficient to be noticeable and a little irritating. The other does not.
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Hi, This drive is virtually silent unlike my other external hard drive which makes a lot of noise when active. How quite & cool this drive operates is one of the many things I like about it. It's possible yours could be defective. Maybe you could exchange it for another?