Should I just backup anyways since its failing anyways??

Should I just proceed and hope for the best?

by f12ostii at Toms Hardware

Case 2: external drive is making clicking sound.

clicking hard drive

My external hard drive made by Toshiba started making clicking sound and I am unable to recover data.

I am looking for a possible solution.

I appreciate any help I can get.

software editions

by triveak at Toms Hardware

Is any one of those familiar to you?

I typed clicking hard drive in Google and found about 243,000,000 results within 0.49 seconds.

What does this mean?

make a bootable CD/USB

Its clear that a large number of people care about this.

I strongly recommend MiniTool Power Data Recovery for clicking hard drive data recovery on Windows.

This is a program chosen by over 1 million people, so you have nothing to worry about.

build boot disk

Besides, many other reasons could lead to clicking hard drive.

But luckily, you could get your data back by using the recovery program mentioned below.

You should stop using the clicking drive immediately to prevent further damage.

change boot order

This part shows you how to fix an internal/external hard drive that makes sound.

Here, Ill mainly discuss how torecover data from clicking hard drive in 2 different situations.

Step 1: acquire PowerData Recovery Boot Diskby purchasing a license or downloading the trial version on another computer.

click to launch software

Stage 2: boot from the boot disk youve just made.

Adjust the USB drive to be the first boot machine under the Boot option.

Then, save changes and exit.

check the needed data to recover

Stage 3: recover data from the clicking internal hard drive.

kindly follow this to recover data with the bootable disk.

Then, press the Save button and choose a safe storage path for them.

scan for needed types of files

FYI:

Some people would suggest repairing clicking hard drive by opening it in a dust-free environment.

What are the specific reasons for causing this?

So once the hard disk head is damaged, data read and write will become impossible.

avoid the mistakes

Once it is dead, data read and write will be affected and clicking noise will appear.

Cause 4 Firmware Is Damaged

Firmware is also another indispensable part of the hard drive.