dropped hard drive

[darkshadow]

dropped my external hd,it now makes clicking noise. is it possible to remove the hd cover to see if any thing is stuck/jammed. I know it,s a strange question, but if I can get it to work I can transfer the data to another hd. many thanks.

 

[The VCR King]

Normally a click is bad. Ever heard of the term "click of death"?

 

[beers]

Usually you'll end up damaging the parts anyway by disassembling the unit. If something was actually stuck or jammed it would have already irreparably damaged the platters.

 

[voyagerfan99]

If you dropped it and now it's clicking that means it's shot.

 

[StrangleHold]

Back it up before its too late.

 

[PCunicorn]

I had this happen to me once, dropped the HDD connected to my Wii while it was on. Wasn't a big fall and it made the drive unusable (it clicked to). You might be lucky enough to actually get some data off the drive, I wouldn't touch the drive unit you can try to get the data off.

 

[beers]

If you're really desperate I've seen this work once:

http://lifehacker.com/5515337/save-a-failed-hard-drive-in-your-freezer-redux

 

[voyagerfan99]

If you're really desperate I've seen this work once:

http://lifehacker.com/5515337/save-a-failed-hard-drive-in-your-freezer-redux

That's more for just general read failures and when the drive overheats. Because he dropped it I would not expect the freezer trick to work.

 

[AlienMenace]

dropped my external hd,it now makes clicking noise. is it possible to remove the hd cover to see if any thing is stuck/jammed. I know it,s a strange question, but if I can get it to work I can transfer the data to another hd. many thanks.

Is the hard drive still under warranty, if so. Then do not try and repair it. Try and get you stuff off the drive first, then get a replacement for it.
If it is not under warranty, still try to get the stuff off of it before you start messing with it.