Is Linux damaging my huge hard drive?

Hi! I recently changed to Ubuntu and Ubuntu sometimes starts to constantly read an NTFS 8Tb drive. I'm guessing it is reading and doing some kind of error check because the noises sound like Windows used to when I ran chkdsk sometimes. Also I'm guessing this causes undo wear on the drive.

So I wonder if I change the drive to ext4 will this stop?

Thank you one and all!