Barracuda 7200.11 clicking on start up and not recognised

[nickscott]

I have an ST31000340AS Firmware version SD01. I found that the pc had rebooted itself and the screen showed "primary hd not found" message. I turned off and restarted and heard the hdd give a few regular clicks while the boot process waited before eventually completing the post and giving me the same message. The clicking had stopped. I'm assuming that this is not related to the firmware bug and is possibly a sector 0 seek problem. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

[Zero Alpha]

Terminal report?

[BlackST]

IF clicking at detection or startup even if not connected to SATA it is head problem / SA damaged and disk isolated himself.
IF it is recognised correctly and clicks before loading OS (POST done) it is user area problem (LBA).

[nickscott]

Terminal report?

If that's a report from a serial connection I can't do that

[nickscott]

IF clicking at detection or startup even if not connected to SATA it is head problem / SA damaged and disk isolated himself.
IF it is recognised correctly and clicks before loading OS (POST done) it is user area problem (LBA).

Haven't tried without a SATA connection but it is not recognised and won't get beyond post. If it is a head problem are there any tips on getting it going even for a short while? My backup is about 10 days old and I'd like to recover the latest emails etc.

[Zero Alpha]

10 day old emails aint worth what is necessary to recover this drive.

[nickscott]

10 day old emails aint worth what is necessary to recover this drive.

Of course it is. One of those emails told me I had won hundreds of thousands in a lottery I didn't even enter.

[dobrevjetser]

Lottery scam.
I get such mails with dozens a week.

Dobre

[hddguy]

Is it too late to cancel my emails to Mr.Alfa M'aaoka Jeda, Esq containing my bank details for the deposit of $6,000,000??

[Sharky]

10 day old emails aint worth what is necessary to recover this drive.

Of course it is. One of those emails told me I had won hundreds of thousands in a lottery I didn't even enter.

Now that right there is funny !