Clicking HDD - Cannot access

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A friend here at work has brought an old HDD in from home that he was unable to access.

I've tried connecting it to my machine using a ATA to USB adapter, but my machine's not even detecting it. It's clicking constantly, so I gussing that it's knackered.

I've tried it in another machine, that too couldn't detect it.

I was wondering if there were any other options worth trying?

Cheers
 
Try and connect it properly to the ATA bus and run some diagnostic tool from the drive manufacturer.
 
as two last resorts..


choose one or the other..

1 put it in a freezer (make sure it's sealed well) for a few hours, then try again

2 drop it on the floor and kick it about, then try again


both have worked for me in the past

good idea to ditch the drives after though :)
 
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