Hello,
Looking for some help. I have a WD Elements external hard drive (WD10JMVW) and it doesn't seem to work well. Upon connecting the drive to the computer, the drive will start a clicking noise, about 4 times before stopping for 0.5 seconds and click 4 times again before continuing the cycle. Inside Windows Disk Management, it says the disk is "Not Initialized" and I can initialize it, but that would probably destroy my data.
I have read many articles online and suspected the PCB might have some problems. Here is a photo of it.
Notice the contacts at the bottom right, is that a problem?
Any way to recover the data with software? It is still recognized by the computer.
I do have warranty on it, but if I send it in, will WD just replace the drive or actually repair it?
I have lots of data there that I don't want to lose, any help is appreciated.
Looking for some help. I have a WD Elements external hard drive (WD10JMVW) and it doesn't seem to work well. Upon connecting the drive to the computer, the drive will start a clicking noise, about 4 times before stopping for 0.5 seconds and click 4 times again before continuing the cycle. Inside Windows Disk Management, it says the disk is "Not Initialized" and I can initialize it, but that would probably destroy my data.
I have read many articles online and suspected the PCB might have some problems. Here is a photo of it.
Notice the contacts at the bottom right, is that a problem?
Any way to recover the data with software? It is still recognized by the computer.
I do have warranty on it, but if I send it in, will WD just replace the drive or actually repair it?
I have lots of data there that I don't want to lose, any help is appreciated.