Basically the drive makes weird clicky noises on boot, and doesn't appear in "this PC", "Disk Management" and Devices. I am not sure if it appears in the bios but i'm pretty sure it doesn't. It's inside of a laptop (MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 2PE) Specs can be found here: https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GS60-2PE-Ghost-Pro-3K-Edition.html#hero-specification
It believe it still works as i can feel and hear the drive. It's a HGST 1TB 7200RPM, http://imgur.com/a/rDbfr. Would it be a software or hardware problem? From my knowledge it could be something blocking the head or the head is broken. I have tried opening the drive which isn't the best idea and one of the screws were stuck tight in place making it nearly impossible to open without proper tools.
I am still wondering if i should have another look in the hard-drive to see if anything is blocking it or to give it to a local professional where they can give me a quote on how much it will cost to fix it.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Here are some videos of the noises the drive makes:
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_TgmW0lZWg&feature=youtu.be"][/video]
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inBX6niZSWk&feature=youtu.be"][/video]
It believe it still works as i can feel and hear the drive. It's a HGST 1TB 7200RPM, http://imgur.com/a/rDbfr. Would it be a software or hardware problem? From my knowledge it could be something blocking the head or the head is broken. I have tried opening the drive which isn't the best idea and one of the screws were stuck tight in place making it nearly impossible to open without proper tools.
I am still wondering if i should have another look in the hard-drive to see if anything is blocking it or to give it to a local professional where they can give me a quote on how much it will cost to fix it.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Here are some videos of the noises the drive makes:
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_TgmW0lZWg&feature=youtu.be"][/video]
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inBX6niZSWk&feature=youtu.be"][/video]