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?

Clicking? Take it to a pro

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

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.

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.

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

This is what everyone says

Sounds like stiction.

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

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