Seagate drive 2TB

malted · 8 Oct 2015 at 15:37

Oh well just weeks out of warranty drive failed to start up today clicks 11 times and powers down guess there is nothing I can do going by google search anyone had any luck bringing one back to life?

bledd · 8 Oct 2015 at 15:46

I've had 80% success with this. (1 out of 5 was totally screwed).

You can open up the drive and free the head, typically it's just stuck and needs a nudge.

However after opening one up, it'll be on it's way out. I've only done it as a free last ditch attempt. If you really want your data, then send it off to a data recovery firm.

Just buy another and restore from your backup.

Jim99 · 8 Oct 2015 at 16:01

Clicks are never a good sign. If you absolutely must get the data, I'd leave it well alone and get help from a data recovery firm as bledd said.

If you don't care about the data, then I guess you could try to rescue it but I don't see what the point would be - it's hardly going to be a reliable trustworthy drive.

bledd · 8 Oct 2015 at 16:12

^With the drives I've 'unstuck', I've then proceeded to copy all the data off onto a new drive and given that back to the customer.

I have warned them beforehand that it's risky/damaging.

lude1962 · 8 Oct 2015 at 16:23

try the fridge trick
in a plastic bag , place in fridge overnight

malted · 8 Oct 2015 at 17:18

Thanks only stuff on the drive worth saving is all the football matches i've collected but nothing important.

Anyway I opened it up to see and then found a video online this is what mine does guess it's a gonna.