WD My book 16TB Click Sound Every 3-4 Seconds

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Hello,
Recently i bought WD My book 16TB its working fine like i can copy paste data and access the drive but there is a click sound at every 3-4 seconds i have done every drive test mentioned on the official website i want to make sure is it a feature or i need to replace the hard drive as WD says they will give me recertified hard drive if i want to replace i havent used it for one day

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I kept my phone on the drive for exact sound of the click thanks please help me out

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Hi @riskyjatt37,

Please refer to the article of 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