It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Nstheboss90 on 2025-04-19 10:49:44.

Hi, I just need some advice, please. I have two 2TB WD My Passport External HDD's, a week or so ago the most recent one I purchased, less than a year ago, started making a periodic clicking sound every 3 or so seconds when I copied any data onto it. The drive is still under warranty so I am in the process of the RMA. Today, I plugged my second drive in that's just over a year old now, and it did exactly the same thing but when I was copying from it to another drive. Could this be a problem with my PC or USB ports, rather than the drives? The data is all still readable and the drives work fine. It would just seem a huge coincidence if both drives are failing at the same time. Any thoughts are appreciated, thanks!