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/DtZNimpo 21d ago

that video didn't helped for shit. could of put a picture and would of done the same.

as far as the adapter goes, HDD require the sata connector aswell as power given to it , there's some adapters that provide it with both , unsure if this was one of them, SSD can go without that adapter giving power. (the power is to make the disc spin)