@Okechukwu.. Thats alright.. What i'd say is that i refer the "ticking sound to as " the click of death... Nomarly caused when the heads fail to find the intial section of the drives platters hence the clicking as it tries over and over again. So trouble shouting would require to change parts with a known gud similar drive. Old method of freezing and attempting a recovery doesnt work on SATA.

Anywy if its data recovery want to try..i can give it a shot bt for this kind of physical damage chances are slim.

Mostly had drives with clicks i recommend you just kiss and part ways unless data is super worth recovering. Anywy let me know how you can get me the drive if you want me to attempt a recovery.


On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
David, sorry to hijack this post, but I have a 1TB drive which doesn't
get recognized by the comp. I have tried everything and have failed to
get any comp to recognize it - makes a ticking noise when connected as
a secondary drive and comp stays on BIOS like forever before booting
without recognizing it - any help will be appreciated.

./Ok3ch

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Dave Kirirah <dave.kirirah@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes.. It i possible if you hv a good recovery strategy. Anyway I can do that
> for you. You can get me on the Archives or just call me up on 0720816546.
> can sort that out.
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> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Christian Ledermann
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>> sure
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
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>> http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
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>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:50 AM, joel eliakim <joeliakim@gmail.com>
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