Seagate ST3320620AS click of death or ??

[roby]

So first of all hy!

Well like in the subject metioned my hdd isn't working anymore... and yes all my important data is on that rig... You can call me dumb I know it too, but it happened.

Okey here are the symptoms.The clicking sound is in a repeating pattern, but after a while it dissapears, and the hdd seems work but, then it starts to click again. I have uploaded a video clip (size< 2MB), so maybe it could help you to identify the problem. The interesting part is when windows is loading then the clicking part stops, and the hdd seems to work fine (at 1:20min in the video)

download link -> http://hotfile.com/dl/76043887/ae86f34/ ... d.3gp.html

I was wondering if its a bad circuit board or is that a mechanic error?

Please help.

Best

Roby

[jono-ats]

Could be either of those things. At the very least you should try cleaning the PCB contacts to the head assembly.

[roby]

Could be either of those things. At the very least you should try cleaning the PCB contacts to the head assembly.

Thx for your reply. Is there still a chance to recover my data, without going to a DR center and spending a few grands? I thought to buy another hdd (the same model), and swap the circuit board.

I'm already despetate to find a solution ...

Thnx for your help in advance.

[BlackST]

As usual, be aware that attempts with a failing drive can lead either to success or to completely destroy data / make professional recovery more expensive. Your data, your choice (bearing in mind you said you have all your important data on it....). I'd ask for a professional evaluation, maybe the problem is still at the beginning and with the right gear it won't cost an arm and a leg. Choose wisely.

[fzabkar]

Is there still a chance to recover my data, without going to a DR center and spending a few grands?

You could try cloning your drive sector-by-sector using a freeware tool such as ddrescue. Ddrescue knows how to skip over bad patches in the media, and can also clone your drive in reverse. It is a multipass cloning utility, ie it copies the easy sectors on the first pass, and tries for the more difficult ones on subsequent passes.

http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html (ddrescue)
http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/ (dd_rescue)