Seagate FreeAgent Pro - 500GB, 7200 RPM, USB 2.0, eSATA, External 500 GB Hard Drive "data abuse" Questions

...abuse whatsoever. There really is no magic fix unfortunately to mending physical damage. It is most likely that the drive is damaged beyond what the lay person is capable of fixing, in most cases ...

...abuse - but they do have limits.  If the drive was powered up and spinning during disk access, you may have crashed the read / write heads and damaged the platter as well.  This drive and ...

...sound and try on a few pc also can not detect it. its still under warranty. but there is important data that i need. how to open up the case without breaking it? I am so happy to say that i HAD the ...

...that one of the usb devices has malfunction and is not being recognized. I have very important data on this drive. How can I fix this problem? The problem may not be with the hard drive itself ...

...data on it. alrighty sounds like there is a major problem with the hardisk controller inside did you drop it? spill anything on it? whack it? it sounds like its pretty damaged to be "clicking like a ...

...data that is stored on that portion will be erased and be unwritable. The hard drive repeatedly attempts to recalibrate the write head, causing the abrupt clicking noises. In most of these cases, the ...

...maybe a problem of head alignment. The drive has been little used, much of it contains no data, and it certainly has not been physically abused. What steps do you recommend for retrieving ...

...abuse as they tend to get bounced around inside of laptops that get dropped, tossed, stepped on, etc. i hope you did not lose alot of valuable and/or sentimental data and good luck:) If it's ...

abuse they get of course!). If you need any more help then let me know. Scott. m_j_lester, I was experiencing the same problem with the drive not being recognized. I wasn't sliding the sleeve back far