Sea gate port. Drive dropped

Highdesertgypsy

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Sea gate portable hard drive dropped & now won't work. It makes a sound when I plug it in like its trying to work (similar to a CD when you first put it in the drive.) can these be repaired or at least the data taken off? I have a years worth of work on it. I appreciate any advice.
 
The answer will depend on the situation of the drive. If there is no internal damage then there is a chance of repairing or data recovery. So first make sure its spinning or not.

You can use another USB cable, see what happens. If the problem persists then you can try to open the caddy to connect it directly to the MB of a desktop system as a second HDD to recover data. The warranty will be void if you open the caddy, keep that in mind. Good luck.
 

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