NB550 - HDD light flickering

Hi
just bought my Toshiba but the hard drive light is always flickering.
Just want to know if that is normal or if I should take it back to the retailer.
Ta

Hi
This is nothing unusual and normal.
The HDD LED blinks always because the HDD is active.
HDD is active if Windows system access the information stored on the HDD.
You should not be worried about this. Everything seems to be ok here

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