Seagate hard drive needle isn't working?

[leah.gourley09]

Plugged into my Xbox I can see everything on the hard drive but it ticks, like the needle is stuck or dislodged, and then the power in the drive cuts out and the light goes off. Can't load anything saved on it. Can't get it open either to see what the problem is. Any advice?

 

[RememberThe5th]

Welly if its unresponsive and you dont have any important data on it, i suggest you try this,

Soo basicly try swinging in line hdd like this <-> (left and right) , and it should move the needle in otger position, and after starting hdd again it should be in starting position.

What do you hear? Other thing that might br is that needle got soldered/stuck onto plate.

 

[leah.gourley09]

I can hear like a beeping but in a ticking rhythm if that makes sense - only way I can think to describe it. It sounds like it's trying to read the drive.

 

[seagate_surfer]

leah.gourley09 , it is best to contact support in this case. Did you have your data backed up?

The conventional wisdom by tech experts on backups is known as the 3-2-1 method.

Basically you want:

3 copies of any data you don't want to lose
2 different mediums it's stored on (so 2 different drives in your computer, for example)
1 copy kept offsite, to prevent against disaster.

 

[RememberThe5th]

Sorry for late respond, did you tried my thing?
If that doesnt work im quite unsure what happened.