Question External drive making this sound, what's the cause?

[Ilan P]

External drive is making this sound after it fell from table, is the head stuck to platter? (western digital WD20NPVX drive)

sound file: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OBKEQ0gp5-myO2kR2tloeJITKDZ4mkeF

When drive is connected to PC, MB bios recognize the drive but now size is shown (0 MB).

(not a SSD, WD 2TB 3.5 mechanical HD)

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Does sound like it's stuck.

 

[ElectrO_90]

Download install hard Disk Sentinel, maybe that can tell you

 

[mdd1963]

a spinning drive giving issues after it's dropped?

I'd be surprised if it can be accessed at all, and, if it can, would recommend any needed data by copied elsewhere ASAP!)

On the positive side, it's time to newly appreciate that new 4 TB SATA drives are now only ~$120 or less on Amazon...?

 

[USAFRet]

External drive making this sound after a drop,...

That drive is now and forever suspect, until it actually dies completely.
New noises are never a good thing.

 

[Ilan P]

Thanks guys

 

[ElectrO_90]

The advantages of having an SSD - no physical things breaking when abused

 

[Sgt_Sykes]

Dropped? Sound?

If you have any valuable data that's not been backed up on the drive, you want to get in touch with a data recovery service. Using the drive at all will most likely lead to the data being damaged beyond recovery. It's gonna be costly though. If the data is just 'nice to have' but not critical, you can try copying it but I wouldn't give it much chance.