Extrenal Hard Drive

One_Braid

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Oct 27, 2013
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Hello Peeps,

I have 2nd drive internal hard drive (WD Black Caviar 1 TB) in my desk top. I turned on my computer and it gets to the windows 7 splash screen and want boot up. The heads spin, but i hear a low click sound as if its trying to read the disk; its not the click of death not as loud and i don't think its that because the heads catch; I could be wrong though However, when I unplug my storage drive windows boots up right away from my Solid State Drive which is were windows boot system is stored. Help. I have tired to plug the cables in once windows is up it will ask me to format the drive , but I don't want to do that because I have crap load of data to get off of it. I tired other drives that I have and the work perfectly normal in the same sata slots. MY PSU is 750 watts and I know its a enough power because it runs my GPA like a champ.

O yaah if I have to retrieve the data do I have to buy the same exact drive and switch disk to the new one or will any 1 tb drive work. thx

Its like you have to buy a back for the back to back up the back that you need back up jeez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Your title says "external hard drive" but then you say it's an internal one???

Anyway, I'm assuming it's an external one. It's almost certainly faulty though it might be the enclosure rather than the drive itself, so try it in a different enclosure.

If that makes no difference then the drive has failed, but just to be sure you can try testing it with the WD Diagnostic Software:
http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=613&sid=3&lang=en

Unless Windows can read the drive, there is no way to get the data off it except by sending it to a data recovery specialist, the cost of which will make your eyes water.

I wish I was paid for every time I said this: "You should never trust your data to just one hard drive because that means...
Your title says "external hard drive" but then you say it's an internal one???

Anyway, I'm assuming it's an external one. It's almost certainly faulty though it might be the enclosure rather than the drive itself, so try it in a different enclosure.

If that makes no difference then the drive has failed, but just to be sure you can try testing it with the WD Diagnostic Software:
http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=613&sid=3&lang=en

Unless Windows can read the drive, there is no way to get the data off it except by sending it to a data recovery specialist, the cost of which will make your eyes water.

I wish I was paid for every time I said this: "You should never trust your data to just one hard drive because that means you have no backups. Why do many people insist in believing that a hard drive will last forever?"
 
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