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Clicking noises

Hello if my external hard drive is making clicking noises once it is connected to the laptop and if my computer does not see it where am I supposed to take it for repait. It is still in warranty and I bought it from Amazon few days ago where should I be taking it? I just moved to London.

Hi @ssabac,

Please follow the below link to check the article How To Tell If The Noise or Sound An Internal Drive Makes is Normal:
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16309

Please follow the below link to know the health of the drive.

Title: Testing a drive for problems using The Western Digital Dashboard
Link: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/DashboardSetup.exe

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