External Western Digital Hard Drive "click of death"?

richardphat · 03-06-10, 02:44 AM

Hi there,
I have some issue with my external hard drive and I need more enlightment about it. Until yesterday, my external hard drive was working fine, however, now, it doesnt let me access files inside anymore.
All I can say is the hard drive makes repeatitive "click clack" sound at a constant rate.

I did a search about dead external hard drive. The most useful information I have found is directed to the following link.

http://geekyprojects.com/storage/how...en-hard-drive/

I strongly believe the case works for external as well as internal hard drive.

I really need more specific information about whether they are really dead or not.
The computer detects the external hard drive. However, it keeps trying to read and read over again. The same case happen when I tried to right click for properties.
It isn't possible to access inside (obviously

).

BUT!!!!! The "click clack" stop whenever the computer stop trying to read it.

This lead me to ask this question. Is an external hard drive necessarly dead even though the computer is able to dectect it despite the noise it produces?

I have planned to take action such as freezing, but before that, I will need some informations.

Thank you for taking your time reading this.

03-06-10, 02:44 AM	#1
richardphat Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 682 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	External Western Digital Hard Drive "click of death"? Hi there, I have some issue with my external hard drive and I need more enlightment about it. Until yesterday, my external hard drive was working fine, however, now, it doesnt let me access files inside anymore. All I can say is the hard drive makes repeatitive "click clack" sound at a constant rate. I did a search about dead external hard drive. The most useful information I have found is directed to the following link. http://geekyprojects.com/storage/how...en-hard-drive/ I strongly believe the case works for external as well as internal hard drive. I really need more specific information about whether they are really dead or not. The computer detects the external hard drive. However, it keeps trying to read and read over again. The same case happen when I tried to right click for properties. It isn't possible to access inside (obviously ). BUT!!!!! The "click clack" stop whenever the computer stop trying to read it. This lead me to ask this question. Is an external hard drive necessarly dead even though the computer is able to dectect it despite the noise it produces? I have planned to take action such as freezing, but before that, I will need some informations. Thank you for taking your time reading this.