My old hard disk died. Once connected, it just does clicking noise and PC doesn't recognize it.
It contains some valuable stuff:
1. Old diablo2 trophy items, screenshots and messages between myself and my best diablo2 buddies.
2. Old saves for some games I like like Skyrim.
3. Homemade prom

What to do

Thanks

Pay a professional company to recover the data.

Another GC'r and I were just tackling something similar. Not exact, but similar.
Check to see if the hard drive manufacturer has a fix-it/diagnostic software tool...
e.g.: Western Digital has this: WD Drive Utilities: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/50396

There are no guarantees, but it may tell you if the drive is dead dead or recoverable dead. The latter being where you can recover files.
If it is the latter, you may be able to use a file recovery free software called Disk Drill:


This post was edited by UAPtictac on Apr 2 2026 02:59pm

Do you even have a beard?

Basically beardless

hardrives are gay

am I doing this right?

edit: help! I think I did it wrong.

This post was edited by Mondain on Apr 2 2026 03:11pm

sounds like the motor died you could prolly replace it but risky if you dont know what you are doing id look into data recovery service

first get married

Send #3 to me ill look at it

Help me fix the HD and I'll share it on cloud