Dropped External Hard Drive

[batchusa]

Hard drive: Cavalry 500GB USB 2.0 (out of warranty). Should be a Western Digital inside.

I dropped it while watching a movie off of it. It worked for a few minutes afterwards, however now when I start it up, Windows does not properly recognize it as a drive. (It shows up as "USB Device" in Device Manager, but that is it. It does not show up in Computer Management -> Disk Management )

When I start it up, it sounds like the fan or something is spinning and it makes a few clicking noises. This goes on for like 20 seconds or so until it becomes quiet.

Any tips or suggestions? I can open it up but I don't know what I can achieve by doing that.

Thanks!

 

[robisbell]

may have popped the connectors out, pop open the case and chack the connectors.

 

[Laputa]

Usually it may mean it has ran into surface issues and possibly has damaged the read head. Opening the case and check the connector may be worth the shot.