awoo@burggit.moeM to Scrungy Cats@burggit.moeEnglish · 1 year agoMy face when I found out my 3TB data drive just died on meburggit.moeimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1imageMy face when I found out my 3TB data drive just died on meburggit.moeawoo@burggit.moeM to Scrungy Cats@burggit.moeEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareawoo@burggit.moeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago it makes brrrr sounds It’s normal and expected that a HDD makes noise when it reads/writes data. If it sounds like these it should be fine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJM8rHfsgjk it also takes a while If you are comparing it to an SSD, a longer response time is expected. If your file manager freezes for seconds whenever you open a folder. That’s probably a bit too slow.
minus-squaref(loat || loathe)@burggit.moelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt doesn’t hum, it’s a little rattly, and it is a few secs yes.
It’s normal and expected that a HDD makes noise when it reads/writes data. If it sounds like these it should be fine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJM8rHfsgjk
If you are comparing it to an SSD, a longer response time is expected. If your file manager freezes for seconds whenever you open a folder. That’s probably a bit too slow.
It doesn’t hum, it’s a little rattly, and it is a few secs yes.