Weird HDD Behaviour and Clicking Sound !!!

[slashoholic]

Hi Folks,

I have an external HDD assembled using a 3.5" 1 TB SATA internal HDD and a casing. The unit was powered by the casing adapter and all worked fine until we had a power fluctuation and after that, the drive was not detected and kept creating clicking sounds.

Going through various suggestions posted on the net, I tried freezing, heating, tapping and everything else there was to do, but to no avail. The clicking continued and the drive would not be recognized.

To avoid fluctuations, I had removed the casing & adapter and had connected this HDD directly to an SMPS, but the clicking went on.
However, as I connected another PATA external HDD to the molex connector of the SMPS, the first HDD's clicking came to a halt and the HDD came to life. All drives are now visible in Windows and I'm in the process of backing up the data.

Whenever the PATA HDD is disconnected from the SMPS, the SATA HDD gets disconnected and starts clicking again. This is the weirdest thing I've ever encountered and have no clue what's making this happen. Why is the presence of another HDD connected to the SMPS making the SATA HDD not work ??? Has anyone else come across a similar situation or have any solution ???

Thanks

 

[Jetster...]

Never freeze a drive. It will kill it. Condensation forms on the inside and causes the head to scratch the surface. If the drive was not bad before it is now

 

[Blain]

Never freeze a drive. It will kill it. Condensation forms on the inside and causes the head to scratch the surface. If the drive was not bad before it is now

Freezing a HD will not necessarily kill it.
True condensation can form if humidity is high enough.
If no $$ are going to be spent on data recovery... Freeze away, there's nothing to lose.

I have used the "freezer trick" and recovered data from a HD.
Afterwards the drive went on to a long life (by a friend, as I wouldn't trust it for the long haul).

BTW, Nice videos on data recovery by Scott Moulton HERE

 

[tweakboy]

Hi Folks,

I have an external HDD assembled using a 3.5" 1 TB SATA internal HDD and a casing. The unit was powered by the casing adapter and all worked fine until we had a power fluctuation and after that, the drive was not detected and kept creating clicking sounds.

Going through various suggestions posted on the net, I tried freezing, heating, tapping and everything else there was to do, but to no avail. The clicking continued and the drive would not be recognized.

To avoid fluctuations, I had removed the casing & adapter and had connected this HDD directly to an SMPS, but the clicking went on.
However, as I connected another PATA external HDD to the molex connector of the SMPS, the first HDD's clicking came to a halt and the HDD came to life. All drives are now visible in Windows and I'm in the process of backing up the data.

Whenever the PATA HDD is disconnected from the SMPS, the SATA HDD gets disconnected and starts clicking again. This is the weirdest thing I've ever encountered and have no clue what's making this happen. Why is the presence of another HDD connected to the SMPS making the SATA HDD not work ??? Has anyone else come across a similar situation or have any solution ???

Thanks

HD is physical dead. Only thing you can do is still recover the data sending it to a data recovery company.. but that will set you back 1k or more........ I used to run harddrivedatasavers.com with my old man. Many years ago so I know what Im saying here. Get a RMA on it before warranty passes. gl

 

[Mfusick]

Dat dere RMA process.... Do one.