Hi,

Yesterday I knocked my hard drive off my desk whilst moving things around! It has since stopped working and makes a clicking sound? Is there something i can do to fix this problem myself?

Thanks

F. Carrow

No you can't, heads are bricked.
Ship it to a data recovery specialist, they will change heads in clean room.

Good luck!

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My firmware database:
https://mega.nz/folder/O01DkBRI

I feared that may have been the case unfortunately! Can you recommend a reputable company? And how much can i expect to pay for this kind of problem?

Contact 'hddguy' in this forum, he is a pro.
If i remember good he work in a data recovery company in Bristol

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My firmware database:
https://mega.nz/folder/O01DkBRI

Ok thank you for that...i did some research online and i've found 5 ranked recovery companies, so i'm going to have a phone round and see who offers the best price, i'll contact hddguy after the last call

thanks for your help

i sent you a PM

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My firmware database:
https://mega.nz/folder/O01DkBRI

got it thanks

Whoever gives the cheapest initial "blind guesstimate" quote isn't always the best

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Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Solid State Drive (SSD, SATA, NVMe, etc), USB Flash Drive and RAID Data Recovery Specialist in Massachusetts

Well, I sent it to a company in Bridgend, after a week they told me they couldn't fix it so i had it returned to me. I then sent it to the data recovery hospital in England, who have quoted me £2500...does this sound like a scam?

Likely not

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Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Solid State Drive (SSD, SATA, NVMe, etc), USB Flash Drive and RAID Data Recovery Specialist in Massachusetts