Clicking sound in hard drive...

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fmonte

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Is this something to be concerned about. It sound a little bit like a clock ticking. It happens during boot up and then goes away. Then it will happen if the computer is on for some length of time but does not get used. It will click 5 times and stop. Please help. Thank you. Frank.

New Seagate SATA hard drive.
 
Clicking sound usually means that the HDD is dying,but in some HDDs (very rarely) those sounds are even normal at boot up.

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If it's crunching during HDD access, then that is a fairly normal sound. If it's a sharp ping sound here and there, then it is not a good sound.
 
Sounds aren't always a good thing, but noise during activity (like seek noise) is normal. As above, pings and other noises aren't.
 
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