WD1200JD spin up click and spin down on SATA Windows 7

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Hi,

I took my old WD Caviar WD1200JD from my old PC running Windows XP through SATA and installed it on my current machine running Windows 7 through SATA.

The drive spins up and clicks and spins down again a few times.  When I try to access it, it does the same thing even though I can still access the files on it.

When I plug the drive into a HD caddy using USB, it functions normally without the spin up, click, spin down. When I use eSata on the HD caddy, the spin up, click, spin down noise comes back.

I plugged the hard drive back into my old machine and it works fine without any loud noises. It also passes SMART tests and Extended Test.

Could there be a problem with the WD1200JD with Windows 7 or my motherboard on my current machine not liking the hd? Or is the drive dying? Seems to work fine on my old machine.

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If the drive is working on the USB caddy, you will need to verify your computer configuration. If possible connect the drive into a different computer just to see the results.

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The drive works fine on another computer running Windows XP.

The problem only occurs on the computer running Windows 7 through Sata interface.
I also have a Intel SSD, Seagate Barracuda and a WD10 EADS all operating fine on the Windows 7 computer. 

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if the drive is good, and it’s clicking like that when you add to the win 7 computer, I would disconnect the power on some of the other drives to just see if it’s a power issue.   if it stops making that noise, then you know you have too many devices for that power supply.