I've got 2 HDD's that won't start up. I don't have a tower to let you know. I have an IDE/SATA to USB cable to check these out on my laptop. I play CSS that way too with my other working HDD. One of my HDD's is 750 GB and the other is 250 GB. Everytime I power them on they make a clicking sound. I'm not in the mood to pay like $600-$1200 for each. It's ridiculous. I was wondering if anyone here knows how open them up, check them, and ultimately fix them or even be able to move the data to another HDD. They stopped working a while back so I dunno which has the more important data, but I know the 750 GB has a shitload of movies and shows (and probably games) I've downloaded and the 250 GB more than likely has my PSP games, save data, and other shit I'd like to have.

Motherfucker. That made me laugh.

That's because I'm Angry Kitten and I'm the master of this shit.

*New Sig.

Dude, is that Macho Man Randy Savage?

Holy Shit!!!

It's Macho Jesus Randy {Silence}. God doesn't have a last name. And I don't think Mary does either.

First name: Virgin
Last name: Mary

The answer to your question is: the second you open them, unless you're in a laboratory cleanroom, you've quadrupled the cost of recovering the data off of them. And yeah, I said cost. Because you're not going to be able to do it yourself if they don't spin up. If the data wasn't important enough to necessitate a backup, then it must not have been that important. ;-)

And by the way we do have a tech support forum

I actually meant cost.

I see, I was just giving ya shit.

But on a serious note Miroku, I wouldn't go opening them up. Just take the loss.

If you're ready to say goodbye to them and want some strong (fun) magnets to play with, and some really loud metal discs to clank together for the hell of it, then take 'em apart. If you want the data, don't.

there is software you can use to recover data from disks that tend not to work. pretty much if you can get them to spin up then there is a chance you can recover the data. just finding someone with that software may be a bitch. i know i only have access to it through work. but it is possible to move the platters into a working har drive to improve your chances at recovery. i did it about 3 weeks ago. its a bitch and you cant touch the platters or else the data in that area is totally fucked. oh and you can use metal tools either to touch them. we had to use some kiddy plastic tools to drab the platters

it was a bitch but kinda a cool process, but anyway this is what we used to direct us through the process
http://www.instructables.com/id/Hard-Drive-Disassembly-Samsung-Drive/

i think thats what u meant, lol

if u try NOT booting off them, and boot off ur laptops hard drive, and try to access them through windows, does that work? cause i f u cant access them through windows, than ur fucked, falcon's idea sounds good, but F*CKING risky.

Lol well I've never fucked with the inside of an HDD. I never boot off of them. My Lappy doesn't detect them when I plug em into it. I'd rather ship it to Falcon for that shit with an extra external to transfer it all, once I have the cash for it. Of course monies will be involved for the trouble ♥

Yeah, I just remembered it. Care to move it to tech support? Fail on my part.