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whatWhat does it mean when my WD My Passport Clicks 10 times

March 28th, 2019, 9:58

Now only does it click 10 times, but it does it in a pattern.
clicks 6 times *pause* click 2 times *pause* clicks 2 times then spins down.

If you disconnect and reconnect the power, it does the exact same thing every single time. It's a 1TB WD My Passport Ultra WDBZFP001BBK-03

Re: whatWhat does it mean when my WD My Passport Clicks 10 t

March 28th, 2019, 10:49

Mechanical fault with drive, gotta open it up and see the internals of the drive.

Re: whatWhat does it mean when my WD My Passport Clicks 10 t

March 28th, 2019, 12:05

bad heads. contact DR proffesional person. don't open without a cleanroom.

Re: whatWhat does it mean when my WD My Passport Clicks 10 t

March 28th, 2019, 15:41

rej0088 wrote:Mechanical fault with drive, gotta open it up and see the internals of the drive.


Bad advice!

How would “seeing the internals” help?

Firstly I doubt the OP would know what to look for, secondly he/she wouldn’t be able to fix it, and thirdly it would introduce contaminants and lessen chances of recovery.

Re: whatWhat does it mean when my WD My Passport Clicks 10 t

March 29th, 2019, 3:52

Apple New Orleans wrote:Now only does it click 10 times, but it does it in a pattern.
clicks 6 times *pause* click 2 times *pause* clicks 2 times then spins down.

If you disconnect and reconnect the power, it does the exact same thing every single time. It's a 1TB WD My Passport Ultra WDBZFP001BBK-03


Drive has most like heads issue and need to be send to decent DR professional if you need data on the drive. The more you power up will make things worse.

Search a member "Luke" on this forum, he can help you on this. if you decide to get a professional opinion, their site is
https://www.recoveryforce.com/about-us/contact-us/
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