GF's HD clicking, BIOS can't see it

[Jschmuck2]

All in the title. Trying to pick it up on a few different PE/Knoppix CDs but to no avail. I even yanked it out and tried plugging it into my laptop with a SATA to USB adapter but no dice there either.

Lost cause?

 

[cmdrmoocow]

Have you tried icing it? Sometimes it helps.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: cmdrmoocow
Have you tried icing it? Sometimes it helps.

I hate you.

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2

Originally posted by: cmdrmoocow
Have you tried icing it? Sometimes it helps.

I hate you.

...?

If you didn't think he was serious, some people have success putting hard drives in the freezer and then running them as a last resort. It's not a long-term fix, but if it works it would let you pull any data off the drive before you RMA it.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Oh. Well...then I don't hate you

....yet

 

[imported_wired247]

clicking equals HD death... 99.9% certainty

there are lots of HD superstitions that may be worth "trying" after you try putting it in the freezer... another one is dropping it from about 8 inches height onto your desk. however, it is probably just dead.

 

[PremiumG]

i've tried slamming a broken HD against the floor a few times to wake it up (if BIOS doesn't detect it). Worked well just long enough for me to pull my data out.

(i'm serious)

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: PremiumG
i've tried slamming a broken HD against the floor a few times to wake it up (if BIOS doesn't detect it). Worked well just long enough for me to pull my data out.

(i'm serious)

Just don't get carried away.

 

[TigerMonsoonDragon]

if it's clicking then yeah it's dying. when bios can't see it then it's confirmed

 

[ericlp]

Well, if BIOS can't see and you had another drive same model everything it's easy to swap the board (controller) board of a working drive onto a non working drive.

Worth a try if you had two drive that were exactly the same ... or you could try ebay and find a drive that's the same ... depends on how bad you want that data!

 

[CurseTheSky]

This is definately not the norm, but my Raptor started clicking and wouldn't be detected by BIOS when my original PSU failed. Needless to say, I was NOT a happy camper.

Before RMAing, I plugged it back in one more time just to check, and it worked. I didn't do anything to it, except let it sit on my desk for 2-3 days.