HDD, 500k files, crackled, why?

Question

Hard disks

Hello everyone

I bought a 6 TB screw (WD Blue) and recorded a lot of files, about 500k
IO 99%, the screw started hanging, and then the crack from the screw started with a frequency of 0.5 seconds The crack
is almost always heard (quietly), but sometimes it almost

disappears factory defect, or improper use of the screw?

Update 1 - pulled out the screw, and it rattles a little when shaken

Answer 1

I bought a 6 TB screw (WD Blue) and recorded a lot of files, about 500k

The main question now is how important these files are to you and whether you have a copy of them.

then there was a crack from the screw with a frequency of 0.5 seconds

According to the description, it is difficult to imagine unambiguously, here are examples of sounds produced by HDD . Anything similar to how your hard drive is cracking?

Is this a factory defect, or incorrect use of the screw?

Then you need to understand what is more important - to save the information on the disk, or to understand the problem?
If the data is critically important, then it is better to stop altogether and not torment the disk with anything and nothing.
If there is a copy or an opportunity to take a chance, then start by viewing SMART, this can be done in the R. tester: https://rlab.ru/tools/rtester.html
The same program will show whether your disk uses SMR or not.
Then, if you can see that the disk is not dying, you can consider doing a read test.
But in a good way, if it is clear that the disk is more likely to work than not, it is better to start by copying the most important data to another medium.

Answer 2

Looks like a tile crap called SMR. Horror, not technology. What is the full model name?

Answer 3

This is a malfunction. If they didn’t drop it in the process, then the operation has nothing to do with it.