Hi. My floureon CCTV system was working fine till a few.days ago when the box started to make a whirring and knocking sound. It seems like its coming from the hard drive but I am not certain. All I ca

SOURCE: Hard drive not being recognised by laptop

double check the cable.

drive get the power and spin too there is a problem with the Cable.

SOURCE: WD Passport Hard Drive Malfunction

Unfortunately, you have probably lost all the files on the drive. It may be possible to take it to a PC Repair shop and have them run specialist software on it, although the clicking sound indicates a hardware failure, rather than software. You have my deepest apologies, but this does happen... although rarely.

SOURCE: Western Digital hard drive problem

Ok.  I have a WD 500 and I have ran into similar problems.  First, shut your computer down.  Unplug the hard drives USB cable and the power cable.  Wait for about 2 minutes.  Plug the USB cable into the computer, plug the power cord in...wait for 30-45 seconds and then start your computer.  That hopefully should solve your issues.

SOURCE: Maxtor Basics 1Tb external hard drive not working

Apri il prompt dei comandi e digita cd.. e premi enter tante volte quante servono per andare in C:> ; ora digita CHKDSK X: \F dove X: dovrai sostituirlo con la lettera assegnata all'HD in cui non riesci ad entrare, premi enter. In poco tempo corregge gli errori, non si sa (almeno io) come si sono formati, e tornerai a riveder le stelle! Te lko auguro ame ha funzionato

SOURCE: Simpletech 500 GB Hard Drive not working

The red light is an indicator of drive failure. The fall it took, especially if the drive was on at the time, could easily cause the drive to break something internally so that it will not function. I found SimpleTech drives to fail pretty easily, even when you're not dropping them. That's been my experience, anyway.

Data recovery is a very expensive proposition. If the hard drive doesn't respond to the interface as normal, they have to be pulled apart and data extracted from the internal platters. This isn't something you can do without a full safe room (dust-free, wearing special suits and all) because any dust can ruin the platter. Since it's so involved, it's usually really, really expensive. Generally, most people don't bother when it reaches that point unless it's business files (like all of your financial data, for instance).

However, if it's something you really need that bad, DriveSavers is one of the best:
http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/