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Quite possibly. If your external drive supports SMART then run a long and a short SMART test.
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As already said, it might be doing SMART self-tests. or it may simply be doing a recalibrate, which it will do after a certain time. While running hot is bad - you should cool it better if possible - thermal cycling is also bad.
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