Soft Clicking Noises are No Issue If you hear faint, periodic clicking noises coming from the hard drive, you probably don't have to worry about the hard drive because it's a normal sound.

I swear this was mentioned before, but for the life of me.. I can't find the thread.I just got my mini, and the hdd makes a clicking noise every 10 seconds or so. I checked the activity monitor ...

Because a hard drive has moving parts, there is typically some soft noise when you use it. Any ticking, clicking or other types of noise while the drive spins indicates a problem.

So, I've been reading through some old posts via the search on this issue, and trying out different things. First off, a friend of mine has a WD 160 GB SE, and it started clicking. After a restart ...