Hitachi Travelstar HTS541060G9SA00 Not Detected

[MrRoberts]

Hi all,

I have a notebook by Compaq nx6325 with mobile data protection system and the hard drive (Hitachi Travelstar HTS541060G9SA00) died.

I have tried to access the hard drive via using an external enclosure case and all it does was making a slight clicking noise as if it was trying to spin up.

Any suggestions to recover the data?

[drc]

Clicking? Take it to a pro

[Alexii]

clicking noise is most likely the heads timing out and coming back to parking ramp hitting the stopper. I bet the drives spins just fine. Sry m8. Need proper diagnostics and chances of easy DIY are very slim.

Ninja Edit. I dont really like these drives... They come to the shop a lot with bad heads and/or full of bad sectors. It is possible that the drive clicks for you cause of the bads, in that situation recovery might not be very expensive.

[MrRoberts]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I don't have anything important on it. Just want to know how to recover data the DIY way.

It makes a humming noise on and off.

[Alexii]

ok well, i dont mind =) Record the audio of ur drive as you apply power to it and upload it here.

[BlackST]

I don't have anything important on it. Just want to know how to recover data the DIY way.

This is what everyone says

[fzabkar]

I don't have anything important on it. Just want to know how to recover data the DIY way.

It makes a humming noise on and off.

Sounds like stiction.

See this thread, but heed the warnings:
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent- ... 242#M11384