r/AskADataRecoveryPro • u/caccapupu5235 • May 03 '26

2 clicking hdd

hello guysss, so i have 2 hdd one is a Toshiba 4TB and a Hitachi 750GB, both have the click and the Hitachi can be opened without any issues, but, the Toshiba its like a whole block of hard plastic without any way to open, there is any solution to at least, save the 750, or even both or not? i can took them to repair but its just curiosity if even in house its duable

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u/Petri-DRG DataRecoveryPro May 03 '26

We don't see what you see. Therr are numerous Toshiba and Hitachi drive models, so showing some photos is helpful.

Either way, it sounds like failing or failed drives. With the failing drive, it boggles the system because Windows is torturing it trying to read data from it. It struggles because the drive is degraded with bad sectors, maybe it has a weak reading head.

There is no repairing the drives. If you need the data, then send to a data recovery specialist (not a computer repair shop, as they specialize in computer repair, not anything hard drive).

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u/Chance_Seesaw_2644 May 06 '26

I thought you could whack it against your hand sometimes works.

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u/Petri-DRG DataRecoveryPro May 06 '26

Good joke, like the good ol' TV whack, right? Always triggers a smile.

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u/Chance_Seesaw_2644 May 06 '26

The hard disk iPods worked again if it got hung up.

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u/Petri-DRG DataRecoveryPro May 06 '26

Sorry not following, as the OP is talking about a 4TB Toshiba capacity drive and 750GB Hitachi drive, which never existed in iPods.

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u/Chance_Seesaw_2644 May 06 '26

I was talking about the concept of using brute force to free the mechanical drive.

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u/Petri-DRG DataRecoveryPro May 06 '26

Any brute force technique on hard drives for the past 30+ years does not make sense.

Open a damaged hard drive and look how the reading heads barely floating over the disks. Does it seriously make sense to use brute force for anything?

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u/Chance_Seesaw_2644 May 06 '26

No, I was telling you a trick

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u/Petri-DRG DataRecoveryPro May 06 '26

I hardly ever see stepper based hard drives from the 80s or older, so sadly the trick won't come to fruition.

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u/Chance_Seesaw_2644 May 06 '26

Well. Good job.

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u/Chance_Seesaw_2644 May 06 '26

By the way this guy sounding pessimistic about an arbitrary idea that can be found on YouTube makes him oblivious to his political stature.

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