Crackling

[elmodem]

Hi there, after having the hard disk changed I hear a crackling from the hard disk. Is that ok? Or does it mean some misfunction. I think that wasn't with the former hard disk. Maybe I'm just getting too anxious because of the problems I had with the first hard disk. Thanks for your answers!

[kee-lo_]

Hi

Some hard disks are quite noisy - so it's possibly normal.
Specially the Toshiba MXGAS series they were very noisy

[elmodem]

Thanks a lot for your prompt answer! It's from Toshiba. It's just that before I never noticed any sound like a cracking or creaking. So I was afraid of a "mechanical" disfunction. See you, Elmar

[kee-lo_]

If you want to keep an eye on it use something like Everest Home Edition, it'll tell you the tempreture and SMART info

[febs]

Hi do you know what hard drive it is as i know some drives are noisy but ive never heard of a hard drive making crackling noises before it sounds like it may be having problems accesing data, does it run at the speed it is suppose to???