Portable hard drive assistance needed....tik tik tik tik tik

[Bencrisp]

Good morning guys,

I have a western digital external that i need to recover some data from. When i plug the drive in i get tik tik tik tik tik, as if its not getting enough power to spin up and keeps resetting. It is a Western Digital passport, probably around 6 or 7 years old, has the circuit board that is directly wired for USB, not a usb-sata converter on laptop hdd.

Model of drive: WD10JMVW

Anyone have any advice or solutions I could try without having to send it for data recovery?

Thanks peeps

 

[Greekking]

Put the hard drive in an air tight bag and in the freezer for 10-15 minutes. Then make sure there is no condensation and plug into PC quickly and copy as much as you can, then repeat until its fully dead or you have the info.

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[Bencrisp]

Thank Greeking, so you reckon its a head crash and not a board issue?

 

[PsyWulf]

Thank Greeking, so you reckon its a head crash and not a board issue?

Click click click

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[souljazk]

If the data is valuable DO NOT do the freezer trick. Rather seek professional help.

 

[MSI1104]

Thank Greeking, so you reckon its a head crash and not a board issue?

Thats a crash, the tik tik is head struggling to read certain parts of the platters.

 

[Greekking]

When my hdd went tik tik tik it worked upto you, we all assume no responsibility for advise given [emoji14] hahaha but good luck (if done correctly, the freezer causes no harm)

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[Bencrisp]

I have run freezer on previous drive with no success. Will give it a run again and see. Will keep you guys posted

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