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I'd just like to take this opportunity to point out that the best time for backups is before your computer starts making these sorts of noises. Fortunately, on this occasion it's a disk that contains data that doesn't change very often, and the last time it was backed up wasn't very long ago.
Yes, rsync is a good thing.