I think this is linux kernel problem.Installing the latest Fedora didn't do any good , the drive kept clicking all the way through the installation , increasing by about 500 in an hour or so , after the install -without laptop-mode- it kept increasing at about ~1 per minute.
-- High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs