WD 500 GB (WD5000AAKS) clicks and spins down

[mblack3]

Hello,

He we are...a failing drive. So I have had a rough couple of weeks here. I screwed up my internal drive while partitioning (froze in the process, rebooted, file system was corrupt, ran chkdsk...etc etc etc and got a half-way decent set of files back). Of course, I backed most of it up on this 500 GB drive and now I cannot access it. I plug it into the usb port, switch the power on...and I get four "clicks", pause, another "click", silence.

Please tell me there is something I can do to get it on and running. I am using UbuntuLive now with a buddies External HDD and at the very least, I want to image the drive onto his drive and start to see some daylight here.

I am attaching a soundbyte of the noise here...N.B., it is a bit loud as I had the mic turned up high.

http://www.2shared.com/audio/BT4HxxG1/2 ... 15411.html
http://www.2shared.com/audio/Pgb0D5ex/hdd_sound.html

[northwind]

Bad heads.
Sorry mate, this is definitely NOT DIY.

IF you care about the data, do not power up the drive anymore and consult a DR Pro.

We can recommend some good professionals from your area if you like.

[pcimage]

Bad heads.
Sorry mate, this is definitely NOT DIY.

IF you care about the data, do not power up the drive anymore and consult a DR Pro.

We can recommend some good professionals from your area if you like.

Ditto

[mblack3]

Bummer...that is what i thought... I guess the inlybway tobfix it is to send it i a pro right?

Yeah recommendations would be great...preferably on the cheaper side...

[labtech]

Be careful seeking for cheap service. If the data is important, the cheap route may not be such a good idea.

I would say educate yourself first. Search online and make some phone calls.