Western Digital WD20EFZX weird noise

[Alex_F1304]

Hello! Recently I have started to notice a strange sound coming from my 2TB WD RED WD20EFZX hard drive. It doesn’t appear all the time, maybe once every few minutes, or maybe several times in one minute. It is quite audible in a quiet room, considering that my PC is quiet. What could be the problem and how to fix it? Here is a link to the sound:

WD20EFZX WEIRD NOISE

You can hear this sound on the 3rd second. I also checked the SMART status, everything is fine with the disk and there are no errors like reallocated sectors and so on. I haven’t seen such sounds before.

[Vegan]

A cheap 2TB SATA SSD is cheaper and less likely to be noisy

[DataWizard0103]

@Alex_F1304

Hello! Recently I have started to notice a strange sound coming from my 2TB WD RED WD20EFZX hard drive. It doesn’t appear all the time, maybe once every few minutes, or maybe several times in one minute. It is quite audible in a quiet room, considering that my PC is quiet. What could be the problem and how to fix it? Here is a link to the sound:

WD20EFZX WEIRD NOISE

You can hear this sound on the 3rd second. I also checked the SMART status, everything is fine with the disk and there are no errors like reallocated sectors and so on. I haven’t seen such sounds before.

Try these fixes -

1. Check cables and connections.
2. Run WD’s diagnostic tool.
3. Monitor the drive’s health.
4. Backup your data.

If the noise keeps happening, contact WD or consider replacing the drive.

[Vegan]

CrystalDiskInfo can be helpful to read disk health information

SATA SSD prices are lower than ever so I suggest retiring hard disks for them. I use them widely as they are fast and quiet.