retrieve data from clicking hard drive

[Ebyjo]

My laptop hard drive started clicking. I took it to a computer guy and he said it was dying. We tried to retrieve some of the data and I think we can get more. I bought the Pulgable USB 3.0 3.5"/2.5" SATA HDD Docking Station to do so. What software works the best, that is FREE or cheap?

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey Ebyjo. That's always a very unpleasant thing, I hope you are able to get all of your important data. Take a look at this thread here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1644496/lost-data-recovery.html
It might prove useful in your case.

Good luck.
Boogieman_WD

 

[trekzone]

My laptop hard drive started clicking. I took it to a computer guy and he said it was dying. We tried to retrieve some of the data and I think we can get more. I bought the Pulgable USB 3.0 3.5"/2.5" SATA HDD Docking Station to do so. What software works the best, that is FREE or cheap?

Testdisk/Photorec is totally free and have the basic useful data recovery features.