external hard drive broke!!!!

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this was working yesterday then it just stopped working, no idea why. ihave rebooted the lappy countless times and still no luck. the power light is on to it,when i plug the usb lead into the lappy it makes the connecting sound then nothing happens, i have tried finding it in Computer file but it aint there. i really need this back working as it has lotsa of pics of my safari that we went on and other important pics too and alot of other files to. thanks
 
try taking hard drive out caddie an see if it works in main PC,is it making a clicking sound or anything like that m8
 
i only have a laptop, it is making the connect sound if thats what you mean.

Nope not the windows connect sound when you plug in a hard disk but a clicking sound from the hdd itself.

Next steps would be,
1. Try plugging it into a different computer, maybe a neighbour or friend.
2. Take the hard drive out of the case and plug it into a PC and see if the BIOS picks it up as a next step.
 
Sadly the clicking sound is usualy indicates that the drive has a problem with the actuator arm and it indicates a major failure of the drive.

If you want to get anything off it it might be possible for a short period of time, by getting it onto another PC, but the drive will without doubt stop working.
 
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