Question dead hard drive

[Younes0001]

I got My passport 2626 WD external hard drive.. suddenly when i plug it in the laptop i can hear a little noise then no no sound at all.. and my laptop read it as Not intlized , and i couldn't use the recovery program because its shows 0 bytes ,, i thoguht it might be the PCB .. iif true is it replaceble or fixable

 

[Ralston18]

Is the data on the external drive backed up in other locations away from the Passport drive and the laptop?

Anything that is done could cause loss of data.

The WD Passport External drive is strictly host USB port powered via the laptop - correct?

Try plugging the Passport into another known working computer (laptop or desktop) or plug in via an independently powered USB hub.

Proprietary USB cable. If possible try to swap in the USB cable from another known working Passport.

How old is the Passport? Capacity, how full?

 

[Younes0001]

Is the data on the external drive backed up in other locations away from the Passport drive and the laptop?

Anything that is done could cause loss of data.

The WD Passport External drive is strictly host USB port powered via the laptop - correct?

Try plugging the Passport into another known working computer (laptop or desktop) or plug in via an independently powered USB hub.

Proprietary USB cable. If possible try to swap in the USB cable from another known working Passport.

How old is the Passport? Capacity, how full?

i tried all of this i mean changing cables and ports.. its 1 tb hdd .. size of data like 100 gb maybe more or less...

The problem is ..i don't think its spining at all like it make little noise when i plug it in then nothing and it doesn't heat up either.. i asked one of friends said you need something like pcb 3 port or something but it will cost a lot of money


and no i didn't backed up the data and i don't wanna lose it actually

 

[Younes0001]

give me few hours.. i'll record video with the whole problem

 

[twowheelstom]

i bet that your laptop does not have enough power output to support that external drive and your ext drive goes dead

 

[Younes0001]

i bet that your laptop does not have enough power output to support that external drive and your ext drive goes dead

Could you explain? I m using l340 idea pad