Loud noise!

WD External Drives External Drives for PC
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hi , 

i,ve got a My Book Essential 1 TB for about a year and a half , 

used it with my pc , two weeks ago i got a MAC , and i installed a NTFS reader for it and used the my book with it … 

since using it with the mac , i’ve started hearing loud noise from the hard disk like somthing is hitting in it  , even when im using it in windows with parallels , 

i did defragement to the hard on windows and nothing changed , 

does that mean that the hard is getting to its end or what !!?

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Well, this means problem, I’ll suggest you to backup your data and replace your drive as soon as possible.

3

Definitely get your data off while you can. Then run WD DLG and check for errors. What did you install on the Mac? I wonder if that corrupted something on the external drive .Does it make the noise on Windows too?

Joe

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i didnt install anything !
when i use it with Windows it make noise also but in some way its more smoother and quieter !  

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Your first post mentioned installing a NTFS reader on a Mac I suspect it may have corrupted something if that is when the problem started. What did you install? I would definitely get anything off the drive that you can then run the tests with DLG. You mention Windows with parallels is that a virtual PC running Windows on the Mac? If so test drive on a real Windows PC? Virtual machines aren’t the greatest with USB hardware.

Joe