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This Hitachi hard drive I bought only a few months ago has recently been doing some...light, but clunky "ticks." Just now it did it for half a minute steadily, and FF did seem to freak out for a moment (as if it was trying to minimize even though I never told it to), but other than that initial hiccup the computer was still responsive as normal.
SMART data came back normal too. And sometimes (very rarely) it does this kind of loud "pewwwww" sound, as if it were shutting down, but my computer still runs, so I don't know what shenanigans it's trying to pull.
Any other way to try and figure out what it's trying to do, or should I start backing up my data right about now?
This is the hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145275
Many thanks for the replies!
SMART data came back normal too. And sometimes (very rarely) it does this kind of loud "pewwwww" sound, as if it were shutting down, but my computer still runs, so I don't know what shenanigans it's trying to pull.
Any other way to try and figure out what it's trying to do, or should I start backing up my data right about now?

This is the hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145275
Many thanks for the replies!
