Question Faulty drive, figuring out the issue.

[Resio]

OK fellows, before i proceed with the symptoms, Let me state i already know the HDD is somewhat "dead" and it likely needs expensive pro job to recover any data. I also know any DIY attempt can result into complete disaster... what i'd like to know is wether the nature of the issue can be told by the symptoms or not, just to evaluate if i can do some (potentially destructive) attempt to recover data. There are no vital files into it, just memories i'd like to rescue, but i'm not going to spend $$$ for them and i accept the risk.
So here is the scenario:
Hitachi HGST 1TB 2,5" HDD had some unreadable files so i decided to backup the disk before it fails. Unfortunately, it stopped working during the job and became completely unreadable. The drive had no shock and didn't make any weird noise, just stopped working.
Now it comes out into disk management as NOT INITIALIZED, UNKNOWN, 0 Bytes. Windows says the disk must be initialized, but it obviously fails with "incorret function" error.
The disk spins and makes a normal reading sound but repetitive, like the head is trying to read, and after a while it stops reading but keeps spinning.
I already tried connecting the drive via USB and directly to MB, both on Windows and Linux, no success. When connected via USB, the red light on the adapter is solid on (no activity), if that can help.
Any suggestion?

 

[USAFRet]

I already tried connecting the drive via USB and directly to MB, both on Windows and Linux, no success.

If the drive can't be seen in any OS, there is likely no consumer level DIY fix for it.

 

[evermorex76]

Clicking means the disk has failed physically. You can't fix it. If the data is important, send it to a recovery specialist. If not, smash it with a hammer hard enough to deform the platters (or shatter them as they may be glass) and throw it away.