Strange Drive sound

[Wally]

Hello,
Few days I work on my new PC, all was ok until today I noticed something strange. I didn't touch the PC during about 30 min, nothing was running or downloading but the (main SSD ?) hard drive began make this sound (I have amplified it) : http://webnight.free.fr/SSD.mp3
It's the same sound when the PC is booting but here, it didn't stop until I restart Windows... Any idea ?

 

[ubuysa]

If Windows detects that the PC has been idle for some time it schedules a bunch of housekeeping routines. One of these is creating/updating the search index and that's known to drive the HDDs quite hard. That sound might just be your HDD working, especially since you hear the same sound on boot (when the HDD is also working hard), in which case I wouldn't worry about it.

Just because you're not doing anything that doesn't mean that Windows isn't still working hard.

If you're worried you could check the SMART data on your HDD. Download Crystal Disk Info (free) from https://osdn.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/downloads/71020/CrystalDiskInfo8_1_0.exe/ and use that to see the drive's SMART data.

 

[Wally]

You're right, maybe Windows has waited I stop using it for working hard ) For now CrystalDisk shows me good results

 

[ubuysa]

That looks good, I wouldn't worry.