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skybluesam1701 · Sep 24, 2011

I dropped my external hard drive, the computer recognises it but it just clicks. Is there any way i can recover the data that is on it or is it beyond help?

spwaverley4916 · Sep 24, 2011

if it is knackered mate, which it sounds that way - then there are companies on the net that do recovery of hardisk but it may cost - i suppose it depends how valuable to you the information is on it

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · Sep 24, 2011

skybluesam1701 said:
I dropped my external hard drive, the computer recognises it but it just clicks. Is there any way i can recover the data that is on it or is it beyond help?

The clicking sound is not a good sign. However, you could try removing the drive from the housing and putting it into your PC as a secondary drive (if its not a laptop) and see if if it works then.

There are data recovery services but be prepared to pay through your nose for it - link

BenInTurin · Sep 25, 2011

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar said:
There are data recovery services but be prepared to pay through your nose for it - link

How Much Will It Cost?
Our pricing for hard drive data recovery starts at only £95.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · Sep 25, 2011

BenInTurin said:
How Much Will It Cost?
Our pricing for hard drive data recovery starts at only £95.

Yep, that sounds fair enough. Its all down to how much the data is worth 'to you'. I'd pay that to recover photos of my son growing up with out blinking.

Boring geek proverb: If data doesn't exist in 3 places it doesn't exist at all.

dutchman · Sep 25, 2011

skybluesam1701 said:
I dropped my external hard drive, the computer recognises it but it just clicks. Is there any way i can recover the data that is on it or is it beyond help?

Everybody is different but my external drive is for backups only. If that's also the case with you then you may as well dump it now and buy a replacement as it will never be safe to make backups on it again.

im-confused · Sep 25, 2011

Have a look on some freeware sites. See if you can get a decent file recovery program.

skybluesam1701 · Feb 18, 2012

thank you all for your suggestions. gonna get a new one, any suggestions where i can get a good one at a decent price?

Delmonte · Feb 20, 2012

Actually surprising enough is that PC World seem best (I know!)

I bought one the other week for my dad and they were £30 cheaper than any of the usual PC builders outlets.

Eclipse Computers in Coventry are usually cheap but for externals try PC World up Toll Bar End.

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