Rescue dead HDD?

Waffler

Just recently had a 2tb HDD die on me (infamous click click click of death). It's not a big deal as I was using it for back-up, but is there any way I can bring it back to life or is it dead for good?

TSTonyV

For clicking drives, there's nothing you can do unfortunately. If the circuit board inside the drive is bad, I believe it can be replaced if you have an exact replacement (and you know what you're doing) but for clicking drives as far as I'm aware they're just toast. 

Waffler

TSTonyV said:

For clicking drives, there's nothing you can do unfortunately. If the circuit board inside the drive is bad, I believe it can be replaced if you have an exact replacement (and you know what you're doing) but for clicking drives as far as I'm aware they're just toast. 

I thought as much. First HDD I ever had that died on me. A little surprising too because I have a 1tb that's still kicking around that's older than the 2tb by a good couple of years. Go figure.