I Have An HDD [Secondary] that clicks & then Whhhiiirrrrsss as if winding down every 20 or 30 min's WHETHER I'm using any thing off of it or not.....Anyone know what this may be What protection apps are you running ? ?
Indexing service turned on or off ? ?NORTON Internet security,   Indexing OFF,    Clicking HD is usually bad news. It may be ready to GO south.Let's find out what is indexing the drive first...
Turn off Norton...does it stop ? ?
If not DLoad and INSTALL Process Explorer...FREE.Yes I Have it & there are 2 Norton things that won't shut off and will not allow me access. I also downloaded the Norton Removal tool & ERUNT  & Made a backup of my Reg BUT I don't Know what to do if there is a prob. after that or what to do with my Reg Copy if I need to......I read the thread about Removing the Norton Virus but that's as far as it went. There are still 2 norton[Symantec Settings Mgr, Event Mgr, &LicNetConnect], oh more Symantec AppCore & Core LC....I Uninstalled using Windows then GOT spooked to go any further and none of the rest of this norton can be shut off ??Use Norton removal tool.