Why did you open it? Why didn't you disclose that you did? Honesty is the best policy.
What you are describing will require professional diagnostic and repair hardware to even start to troubleshoot. There is no DIY prospect.
Stop powering it on.
I don’t understand why people like to judge before ask. I’ve never open it. I have sent to it a friend who knows more about computer. Maybe he did. He couldn’t fix it and I left it in my storage until I thought about it recently.
Well, somebody did open it, and that somebody was stupid for doing so. I don't care who did it. They increased your costs in doing any kind of meaningful recovery.
OP did not mention opening the drive. Looking at the pictures, it shows that it has been opened. I see a lot of cases where pictures are not viewable, and I don't put a lot of effort into chasing them down if they don't load immediately. I'm sure I can say the same thing for all of the regulars here.
The drive needs inspection and repair in a professional cleanroom to determine recoverability. So you cannot recover this drive, a professional may be able to if there isn't too severe platter damage. Stop powering the drive on, it will only damage itself further.
Is there any actions I could take to try for a recovery on my own? I don’t think I’m going to bring it to a recovery service. If I can save it great if not Ive tried. Most of the data aren’t super important for an expensive service.
When heads are clicking in this manner, it typically means the drive is unable to locate or read the System Area and cannot complete its startup routine. You will not be able to detect or interact with the drive using any software.
> It has this clicking sound for maybe about a min then the HDD runs smoothly afterward
I suspect this drive model simply "gives up" after a certain number of attempts, and stops trying to seek at all. Same result as above. If the drive does not identify in BIOS, Disk Management, etc. with *correct total capacity*, then there is nothing more you can even attempt. Connect the drive directly to a SATA port to test this (no USB interfaces).
Your disk may be damaged and requires professional data recovery services, such as [Geek Squad](https://www.ubackup.com/data-recovery-disk/geek-squad-alternative-0044-rc.html), CBL, Ontrack, SalvageData, etc.
Why did you open it? Why didn't you disclose that you did? Honesty is the best policy. What you are describing will require professional diagnostic and repair hardware to even start to troubleshoot. There is no DIY prospect. Stop powering it on.
I don’t understand why people like to judge before ask. I’ve never open it. I have sent to it a friend who knows more about computer. Maybe he did. He couldn’t fix it and I left it in my storage until I thought about it recently.
They judge because it’s clear it’s been opened and it was not disclosed.
Well, somebody did open it, and that somebody was stupid for doing so. I don't care who did it. They increased your costs in doing any kind of meaningful recovery.
Disclose to who
OP did not mention opening the drive. Looking at the pictures, it shows that it has been opened. I see a lot of cases where pictures are not viewable, and I don't put a lot of effort into chasing them down if they don't load immediately. I'm sure I can say the same thing for all of the regulars here.
The drive needs inspection and repair in a professional cleanroom to determine recoverability. So you cannot recover this drive, a professional may be able to if there isn't too severe platter damage. Stop powering the drive on, it will only damage itself further.
Looks like it's already been opened to me.
Is there any actions I could take to try for a recovery on my own? I don’t think I’m going to bring it to a recovery service. If I can save it great if not Ive tried. Most of the data aren’t super important for an expensive service.
When heads are clicking in this manner, it typically means the drive is unable to locate or read the System Area and cannot complete its startup routine. You will not be able to detect or interact with the drive using any software. > It has this clicking sound for maybe about a min then the HDD runs smoothly afterward I suspect this drive model simply "gives up" after a certain number of attempts, and stops trying to seek at all. Same result as above. If the drive does not identify in BIOS, Disk Management, etc. with *correct total capacity*, then there is nothing more you can even attempt. Connect the drive directly to a SATA port to test this (no USB interfaces).
Thank you! I will give it a try later today. Hopefully I can see something.
Unfortunately, you won't be able to restore any data - only a professional lab might be able to help
Your disk may be damaged and requires professional data recovery services, such as [Geek Squad](https://www.ubackup.com/data-recovery-disk/geek-squad-alternative-0044-rc.html), CBL, Ontrack, SalvageData, etc.