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    clicking external hard drive HELP!!!!!

    I've lost connectivity to one of my external hard drives. It has a lot of important stuff on it. I NEED what's on it.

    It's clicking.

    When I go to "My Computer" THAT drive doesn't show up. HELP!!!!!!

    What can I do?!?!

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    Default Re: clicking external hard drive HELP!!!!!

    Well it goes from bad to very bad.

    Google search
    http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...-no-power.html


    Common Faults observed in Hard Disk Drives - Failure - Failed - Dead! Defective Hard Disk Drive Heads
    Commonly known as the 'Click of Death'. Your hard drive is on its way out, along with your data. One of the noisy hd faults.
    A common fault which is usually easy to spot. When the drive is initially powered up, a logic check ensures that the drive has attained the necessary speed before launching the heads across the platter. If the drive can not attain a 'Ready' state, the logic is repeated for a pre-determined number of times causing a clicking sound, after which it stops trying.Your Lacie External & Network HDD hard disk drive now appears dead. Do not run 'software' recovery programs in this state. They cause Disk I/O read / writes, and this places increased stress on the heads, which causes errors to be written to the disk, further decreasing the chances of data recovery.

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