HDD Repair

Forum discussion tagged with HDD Repair.
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    Question HELP ME GET MY EXTERNAL HDD WORKING AGAIN

    I was working on my laptop on my lap with my HDD connected. I stood up and the HDD fell. I plugged it back and it continued working with no issues. Then I stood up again and then the cord shaked. I plugged it back and the drive is not working again. its telling me to format before I can use it...
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    [SOLVED] Hard Disk clicking sounds

    My WD hard disk is making some weird clicking noise when writing stuff to it and if i run crystaldiskmark, the sound just goes to overdrive. I've checked the health of the drive using crystaldiskinfo and everything looks pristine. Also i've done some basic drive diagnostic using HDDScan and...
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    [SOLVED] HDD home platter swap. did not work, worth trying further

    Hi, I've got a 1TB H2T1000854S 2.5" which stopped being deteced by Windows 10 after a book struck the HDD whilst switched off. The HDD would turn on, it would make a buzzing noise as if the reader heads had failed. I purchased a replacement (same model and firmware) and initially swapped the PCB...