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PostPosted: December 11th, 2012, 5:40 
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Hello All
I took out my Western Digital 80gb HDD from storage after 2years to get some photos from it. the hdd started clicking then it spins and stops then spins again. I connected it using an ide to usb adaptor. My pc does pick it up in disk management but not my computer. I tried to initialize it but it said it cannot find file or something like that.
Is there any way I can get my files back

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Jenny


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 Post subject: Re: HDD Issue
PostPosted: December 11th, 2012, 5:47 
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Hi, you can try to put the drive directly to the motherboard...if that fails and the drive still clicks, you'll need a pro to get your files back.
Clicking WD drives usaly meens bad heads, but in 0.2% of the cases it can be the Pcb (circuit board).

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 Post subject: Re: HDD Issue
PostPosted: December 11th, 2012, 12:23 
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Agreed, first rule out the adaptor. Use drive as internal and see if the behaviour is the same. If yes, then you need a pro.

PS. If you want to recover the data, why did you try to initialize the drive?

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