wd5000aaks 00yga0

[BadTad]

Well I got the dreaded click click.. and some other great noises going on.

Ironically this is my back up hard drive for 160 gigs of data , 7 years of business information that I can't lose.

I'm looking for parts or another drive;

wd5000aaks 00yga0
20 oct 2007
DCM DANNHT2CAB

I managed to get it going again, and make the mistake of putting it back in it's case.. now it's not working again.. bah!

[drc]

What do you plan on doing with "parts or another drive"?

[pcimage]

7 years of business information that I can't lose.

And you're going to try DIY?

[unknown]

7 years of business information that you can't lose will go unheeded if you attempt DIY.

Your data your choice. Best option is to seek for a professional to do the job.

Good luck

[poehere]

If I had 7 years of work realated information in my HDD and did not have a good backup of this one I would consider to pay the few dollars on this one and get my data back to me. If you got it going once as you said then stop now a DR company has a better chance of getting back your data now on this drive for not such a high cost on it. Continue well results = double + the cost on this one. Ask here people will give you good advice of who is near you and has good skills to do this job for you.

[networkpc3000]

you should send it to data recovery company for process if such important. do it by yourself perhaps 98% unsuccess also may have chance it worse. think it over and over before action. good luck.

[fzabkar]

One easy thing to eliminate are oxidised contacts at the preamp connector. You can try shining these up with a soft white pencil eraser.