I'll try to keep this as short as possible. My Seagate 3TB external hard drive of two years started making noises and Windows would recognize it as a bad drive. I have quite a few files on here that I need, so I'm trying whatever I can to fix it without having to pay over $500 to send it in.
I've tried recovering through programs, no luck. I've taken the hard drive out of the external no, luck. I opened the hard drive up to see if the arm was stuck, it was in the correct position. Now I'm considering replacing the arm and head, but I wanted to see if anyone can recognize the problem before I try to anything else. I took of video of the hard drive uncovered as it turns on.
The arm moves halfway twice, beeping each time, then makes a final move all the way to the center, beeps, then the entire thing shuts off.
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkz3DT33NQo"][/video]
I'll take any advice or suggestions I can take. I've also heard of freezing the thing, but yikes, that sounds like a very last resort.
I've tried recovering through programs, no luck. I've taken the hard drive out of the external no, luck. I opened the hard drive up to see if the arm was stuck, it was in the correct position. Now I'm considering replacing the arm and head, but I wanted to see if anyone can recognize the problem before I try to anything else. I took of video of the hard drive uncovered as it turns on.
The arm moves halfway twice, beeping each time, then makes a final move all the way to the center, beeps, then the entire thing shuts off.
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkz3DT33NQo"][/video]
I'll take any advice or suggestions I can take. I've also heard of freezing the thing, but yikes, that sounds like a very last resort.