USB Hard drive, beeps and clicks, doesn't show in my computer


  1. freya306
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    Windows 10 Home, 64-bit
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    USB Hard drive, beeps and clicks, doesn't show in my computer


    Hi I have a 1TB external USB hard drive, it is not showing up in 'my computer' the light on the hard drive is constantly flashing and randomly beeps and clicks, I have never heard this until today..
    I have tried it on two laptops, windows 7 and windows 10 and in a macbook, does not show up.
    I have tried a different cable from another USB device, still no luck.
    It appears in device manager which says it is running normally, I have tried un-installing and re-installing, no luck! In disk manager it says the disk is unknown and not initialised, see screenshot.
    Please help me recover my device, it has a lot of data on it that I don't want to lose! I hope it is still there!
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  3. kathy025
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    Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64 (OEM)
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    You may have fallen victim to the "Click of Death".
    https://acsdata.com/hard-drive-click-of-death/
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  4. freya306
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    Windows 10 Home, 64-bit
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    It only seems to beep and click a few times when it is first plugged in, been plugged in for an half an hour now and hasn't made a noise for quite some time! Click of death doesnt sound good!
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  6. kathy025
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    Click of Death is usually a mechanical/hardware failure. PC still not being able to read contents?
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  7. freya306
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    Windows 10 Home, 64-bit
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    no, still not showing up..
    Ive seen jumanji has posted on other theads to try minitool partition, it is coming up like this on there, 0GB doesnt look promising!
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  8. kathy025
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    I was supposed to recommend a file recovery software but I'm not sure if it can do much in this scenario.

    Let's hope a hardware expert comes by to your assistance. You did post in the right forums. :)
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  10. jumanji
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
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    Run the HDD manufacturer's diagnostic/repair utility and check the status of your external drive.( You should always give full details of your faulty hardware. Manufacturer/model Number etc.,Just saying 1TB external drive doesn't help.)
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  11. AddRAM
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    It`s dead

    It will make a nice paperweight :)
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