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Obeechi
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Loud noise from my external drive

My external drive was already up and powered.. so was my laptop...

Connected the two and the external started making a good deal of noise...

Is there some rule that you need to connect while the external is powered off, and power on after connecting?

I know I'm being more careful to unmount all externals from each VM before suspending or shutting down...

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adamsimpson
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Are you using a Wester Digital Mybook by any chance? Mine makes horrible noises when it spins up or down (as it does when you connect it to a computer) but seems to work ok, if not a bit slow. Some drives are just noisy but unless it has started to make noises it hadn't in the past you should be ok.

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