hard drive works slow and makes grinding/clicking noise

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mmsalem

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Hello everyone

so yesterday i dropped my laptop. it was still working but i noticed it got slow and the hard drive was making feint grinding noises with occasional clicks
all seems to be pointing to the head/actuator thingy.
out of precaution i transferred some important data to an external hdd and shut down the pc.

transfer rate starts at 50m/s for a couple of seconds then drops to 100b/s

today i replaced the hdd but i was wondering if this problem sounds familiar and if it can be fixed

thank you
 
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mjslakeridge
There is no "fix" except to get the data from it as soon as possible. Unless you have a clean room and the technical knowledge to take it apart and repair it, there is not much you can do. HDD's and SSDs are getting pretty cheap, so you replacing it was the solution.
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Boogieman_WD

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Hey there, mmsalem.

Unfortunately I'd say that this is not something you fix if it's the head we're talking about. If it is, the platters were most probably damaged as well. Good thinking on backing up your important files. I hope you were able to rescue most of them. What you could try for the rest is a professional solution such as a data recovery company.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
 
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mmsalem

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thank you Boogieman_WD for your reply.
unfortunatly professional recovery companies are too expensive.

i am looking if anyone knows of the symptoms that my hdd is showing
otherwise, eventually when i am bored and there is no solution i will try to slavage what i can while it's still working and maybe try to bang it like some sites say
 
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mmsalem

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Yes reedo I looked it up a bit. I was just wandering if anyone has come across the same problem and if there is a fix before I do something stupid.
 
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There is no "fix" except to get the data from it as soon as possible. Unless you have a clean room and the technical knowledge to take it apart and repair it, there is not much you can do. HDD's and SSDs are getting pretty cheap, so you replacing it was the solution.
 
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