WD120 external drive

nilknarf

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My WD HD is making a wier clicking sound when the power is connected. I can see the driv ein computer managment and in the USB menus but the drive does not mount were i can see it in explorer or my computer????
 

pwnage

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Well buddy, you can kiss that sucker good by.

Normaly a clicking sound is a bad sign for a hard drive. That sound is the data arm smacking into soming in the hard drive. = NOT GOOD

For now don't turn it on. Take it to a data recovery center and hope for the best.