That baby is going to die relatively soon. If you ever move a lot of data at once it'll probably bite the dust. That happened with my western digital external 1.5 TB hard drive. (it's a WD Green inside if that helps). I was in the process of backing up my laptop on day, the crackling got louder and louder and then all of a sudden stopped. No matter where I plug it in now it doesn't register at all with the computer. I'd be wary of that thing if I were you.