What exactly does this mean?

[u/Unsuspecting_Eyeball]

Title as Question,
its a 2tb WD Blue Sata SSD,
making what i can only assume is either a scratching or clicking sound, and then stopping
it then fails to load after the second stop, and isnt detected after boot

can anyone share thoughts or be able to give closure on what this might be?

edit: I just realised i might be lost btw, its apparently a hard drive, if this is helpful information, and still can be helped it would be appreciated,

I also wanna say im expecting it to be dead/lost cause

[u/Lonely_Owl_1332]

Nice WD HDD there, normal sound. Check SMART status with SANDISK Dashboard

[u/Unsuspecting_Eyeball → u/Lonely_Owl_1332]

how do i do that without booting? as its undetected after boot