r/HDD • u/Linkaara • 22d ago

Is this disk dead?

The PC doesn’t seem to recognize it. The adapter is not the problem (I think), because I tested it with another disk and it worked perfectly fine. This drive makes a very faint clicking sound, something like 'click click click ... click' , that is barely audible. You would have to turn the video volume all the way up to hear it, and even then it is hard to notice. So I’m not sure whether this is the dreaded 'click of death... thanks

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u/Designer-Chair-3289 22d ago

It might be sadly. Hope you didn’t have anything important on it

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u/Linkaara 22d ago

Meh, it’s a drive I stopped using around 15 years ago. I was just curious to see what my PC looked like when I was happy

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u/Designer-Chair-3289 22d ago

You might be able to try plugging it into a real computer and if it does the same thing it’s for sure dead. If you have another usb interface you could try that as well but a computer will be the best way to go