data recovery | click of death on ST3000DM001

[@BluntForceTrauma666]

...there aren't too many other sounds from modern life that can evoke the same rippling spine chills and horrific gut twisting as those from a failing or failed HDD. *_Especially_* when they occur after a reboot and you realize just how long it has been since your last backup... **shivers**

[@OldePhart]

When I have a need for this I wont even look anywhere else. This is so great that you are demonstrating this behind the scenes stuff

[@fernpiero1969]

Dude you are the greatest, I can believe how clear and well explained this tutorial is. Thanks so much

[@stephensomersify]

Specialists as yourself are well accomplished by your own determination

[@oibal60]

Brings back memories. I was the guy who was in charge of a TI 990/12 with two DS80 'platter' drives (only 20Mb each!). I used to change heads on those. The head units were the size of a large soup ladle.

[@joojoojeejee6058]

I had this problem with an old Seagate drive, and simply turning the drive to vertical orientation helped and I could recover my data...

[@exogendesign4582]

All The recovery company in my area, are really bad. I wish we have someone like you in here, to help us deal with failing hard drive. You're probably the greatest ever to do recovery in the world.

[@DmitryShevkoplyas]

This is great video! Awesome lab and equipment! Thank you so much for adding quality content!!!

[@priestblood]

Great video ,can you not build yourself a pwm circuit using a relay then set the on/off contacts to short and adjust the frequency of the relay contacts to get around what you need .that way you get 10 20 or 50 short contacts per second .or do you need to hold the short state for a time to work just an idea if you do this procedure regularly.

[@MrPeterDawes]

I bought 5 of these drives as backup to my RAID. The only time they got used was when I filled the drive from my RAID, then left it to one side for when I ever need to restore my RAID if the RAID ever failed. A year later I needed to recover my RAID and tried to offload all my data from the Seagates. All 5 drives failed like this and Seagate claimed they were all out of warranty. Now I don't buy Seagate ever again. They are the worst manufacturer of hard drives I have ever come across. How they can make drives which don't even last the time it takes to read off all data just once is beyond me. How are they still in business?

[@scottwhittier5861]

I used to be a Seagate fan boy.. I've bought hundreds of their drives over the past 15 years. I would tell everyone that their drives were the only reliable drives available. (Going all the way back to the SCSI days) After buying 7 of these ST3000DM001 drives and having all but 1 fail I will never buy Seagate again. They have permanently lost me as a customer. And their response to the ST3000DM001 debacle has been to sweep it under the rug. Worst company ever. Now I go out of my way to tell everyone to never buy from this company.

[@aceventura5398]

Bought another after the first one failed. It worked for around 7 hours then died. I put the first one back in and its working again. ??

[@sirrollsafatty]

awesome, have a great one. have a great trip and safe travels! thanks again.

[@ergogray3143]

Why do they lock the drive after failure and not a simpler means than shorting the board. It sounds like either bad design or subterfuge?

[@pequalsnp]

Seagate has their own Data Recovery Service. I wonder if they have their own backdoor commands to unlock the drive. I doubt they have to go through the same hack of shorting the terminal read pins which is different for every pcb.

[@victornpb]

I have a 2.5" 320gb seagate hdd, that is very loud when it is seeking, but it spins up normally, and I haven't experienced any data loss. Should I worry? the last time I checked it reported like 10k hours of power on on s.m.a.r.t.

[@SergiMedina]

ST3000DM001 is the worst HDD I ever had. The first couple of days I used it, it made me lose like 2 TB of data. Then, only two years later, it started to develop an increasingly amount of bad sectors...

[@nexxusty]

It's the hard drive with the highest failure rate in the past 20 years. So yeah, believeable.

[@Gigamegs]

Mine, too

[@lordmmx1303]

That's feature of Seagate drives...

[@Madrrrrrrrrrrr]

Actually mine are still running. In raid 1 of course ;)

[@solarsystemislamabad]

hi ...2TB seagate ...spins and make clicking sound once ... as she did normally when she was ok ... only difference is ...HDD not detected at all ...

[@solarsystemislamabad]

In disk manager ...sometimes it shows ...DISK 1 initialize ...but no other info like no size info etc......what seams to be the issue

[@MbusMbock]

Hi my hard drive 2 terra is not reading. I am suspecting power surge. Once it is plugged unto power, it beeps, constantly what do I do?

[@RADIUMGLASS]

External hard drive users, sometimes switching to another fixed USB port will work. I connected my external HD to an external 4-way port and I had the click of death. I next used a port directly built into the pc and it worked as usual. It seemed that not enough power was flowing into the external port? I noticed I had issues with other equipment using the external add on ports. Though the external drive did work in the fixed USB port, I transferred the files to my PC and will be buying flash drives or a new solid-state external drive. Good luck, everyone.

[@ScotsFurian]

This is exactly the problem i have on 1 of the drives in my NAS ! I set it up as a RAID so both drives are seen as 1 to maximise my storage capacity ! Bad Idea. I have zero redundancy and stand to loose all 6tb of data. What i need to know is how do i identify which drive is faulty ? Where i can get the little tool to sepearte the reading heads and what level of clean room conditions i need and how to achieve them before opening my HD ? Thanks from Scotland.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

ScotsFurian you should call my friend Andy Watson from Databusters in Glasgow

[@ScotsFurian]

Thanks HHDRS. Got any contact info ?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

ScotsFurian www.datarecovery.co.uk/

[@ScotsFurian]

Ive spoken with Adam and explained to him that my drive is in a NAS. I have two 3Tb Segate Barracudas but only one is faulty with the clicking head problem mentioned in this video. He asked if it was Raid 0 or Raid 1 and im sorry but i cant remember. I set it up for maximum capacity with zero redundancy. :/ I know bad choice and im regretting it now. Anyway Adam went on to explain that recovering the data from these drives is very unlikley with a 1 in 10 success ratio. He said its the plater thats the problem and not the heads and that even if you replace the heads due to the problem with the platter it will within a few minutes damage the new heads which is not long enough to recover the 6Tb of data. Also when asked for a quote on a successfull data recovery he said it would be £800 or about $1200 I guess which is not feasable for me in my current financial situation. So what are my options ? How expensive would it be to attempt this myself ? I looked for the Head seperator tool and its crazy money for all it is. As for a PC3000 im expecting it to be horrendously expensive also. What can you suggest for someone interested in the topic of data recover with maybe an interest in making a living out of it from your own personal experiances ? Thanks for your advice and time dude. You rock btw. Cheers from Scotland.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

this is not a DIY job dude, not on this drive. You will just end up killing it completely and killing the donor also. since this is a RAID0 you would to have an image of the failed unit made, that will take some sweating over PC3k

[@KevinRaubRocks]

Do you sell the head tool to seperate heads?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

No sorry. Hddsurgery does

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I don't know anything about data recovery but this seems like something I might want to get into.

[@ZTr00p3r]

This exact model started to do this today, oh boy... I have it for almost 10 years.

[@pault7595]

haha from one dr engineer to another after a day in my cleanroom and staring at PC3K its nice to see how other engineers work... and yes finding the time to short the read channel out can be frustrating.... good stuff mate

[@hddrecoveryservices]

haha, its kinda like watching paint dry and turn to money isn't it. I am actually working on something with my dad that should take out all of the frustration out of the channel shorting once and for all, to a point where a toddler can do it. :) something that is in the works, along with other cool perks for monolith dr. I'll make show it off here once its ready

[@pault7595]

That is true and would you believe I got a DM001 in today hanging BSY through term and I thought of you and your tin foil finger sorted it though but cloning like a pig on PC3K. Also did a platter swap on the new 2.5" 4TB WD blue drive it had a high fiction bearing from being dropped, I havnt powered that bad boy up yet a little nervous....! Other than that the usual degraded rubbish. Hope your day was more interesting lol

[@hddrecoveryservices]

setting up 2 HP workstations today, ready to burn them

[@bob2600]

What tools did you use to safely remove the headstack? I've taken a few broken or obsolete drives apart to mess with the neodymium magnets. I've always really destroyed the head stack in the process sometimes even scraping the disk surface...ouch.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

HDDSurgery

[@dercoss]

Where do you get your head combs from and how do you know which one to use with a particular hard drive? I've seen people using homemade ones but they seem very unstable to me. Good video..

[@hddrecoveryservices]

HDDSurgery is where I get my combs

[@PaganWizard]

How much to recover a Seagate Baracuda 1TB HDD with that clicking sound?? I am really only interested in recovering picture, video and audio files. I am not interested in full restoration.

[@satriatroll6638]

I love your channel alot! keep up the goodwork bro! new knowledge every new video :D

[@YotaNinja]

Very useful video. I had a seagate SSHD drive start clicking on me about 6 months ago, it still worked but I was worried. Luckily it was covered under warranty still. I sent it in to seagate and got a replacement only a couple days later. I now have a 2tb WD Green drive that works, but it clicks every 10 seconds pretty much on the dot. Luckily, I replaced it with a 6tb WD Black drive this week. I'm going to reformat that 2tb drive and see if the clicking stops. Just found your channel today and subscribed, your videos are very helpful. Thank you for the content.

[@YotaNinja]

I also did a little googling and found that it's most likely the heads trying to park. This drive is not within warranty anymore unfortunately, but 2tb drives are cheap nowadays.

[@maicod]

Is the locking of the terminal a proprietary defence mechanism ?

[@coooolibri]

this happened to me yesterday. i have to admit ive had this for more than 10 years, but now my important data, some of backup photos and videos that are important to me are inaccessible :( im not sure if i should give it to a person to recover my data, or try it myself. im a technician but I've never worked on drives.

[@kodibandit2959]

I have the same problem but its a 2TB Seagate barracuda and Found 3 Seagate barracuda with the same firmware CC27, first question is if send these 2TB Seagate barracuda what will it cost to recover an get it back to work. These seagate driver never been open at all. Fill free to contact me throw my youtube inbox.

[@ericparent7794]

That's so funny, I've been watching your vids, since I've always been super fascinated with low-level hardware access, and I just now realized that you're about ten minutes from my house! I live in Vanier. Internet is such a huge place, and yet sure enough, I end up watching vids of someone who lives here in Ottawa. If ever you give live demos, please let me know.. I'll bring some Timmie's. :) Cheers

[@hddrecoveryservices]

haha thats so odd, I know exactly how you feel. Just today I was watching a review of a camera lens and the guy had shots of Landsdowne (old market building)

[@ucupi]

Yes i do have the donor for all the dead hdd...but the problem now is the so expensive pc3000 tools software...dammnnnn...

[@ravi26ishable]

Just ask any of your contact: Internal Seagate Barracuda 500GB drive spins up and spins down and then stops spinning. It causes NTLDR is Missing Error. HDD intact and was never dropped.

[@lowbatterypt]

Hi, I have a Seagate barracuda 3tb that show 16384.00 GB on windows disk management, any ideas what could it be??? Regards

[@hddrecoveryservices]

sorry I don't know. was this a standalone drive? or was it maybe a part of the array?

[@lowbatterypt]

HDD Recovery Services standalone drive

[@thestartupguy3975]

I have a Hitatchi 232gb laptop hard drive with a similar issue, but I don't have any donners and don't want to spend any money on a new head. Any help?

[@Tome4kkkk]

Are you familiar with the disk clicking sound epidemic causing a fast onset of Load Cycle Count SMART value due to head parking?

[@Anthony_in_Bloomington_Indiana]

I have been reading articles about mechanical hard drives. The Seagate, 3 terabyte hard drives were * FAMOUS * for dying. Back in 1992, there was a labor dispute between Seagate and the Thai workers, which started when some fat fingered employee entered the wrong amount on a computer. Pay receipts said employees were entitled to more money than they actually were. Instead of working things out with their employees, the Seagate managers fired 600 people! In 2000, Seagate incorporated in The Grand Cayman Islands, a well known tax haven. Even though their headquarters was actually in Scotts Valley, California.

[@armyofone2323]

i have the same model it don't show up and in disk management it's statues is Disk Unknown Not initialized what should i do with that ?

[@infopackrat]

Could you give some ballpark pricing examples? I'd just like to know roughly what things cost. I'm in Canada. I may send some people your way. Also an idea for a video 'Why and how to storage devices fail'.

[@fotosetpuntoes]

Great video!. Can I change the hd's mainboard from an "identical" hd but with different fw?

[@erhanzeynel]

You have to transplant eprom which contains platter calibration registers even same firmware. It works most cases but if handling of eprom changed between firmware change, it will not work.

[@heberreis]

Hello , what kit low price you recomend ? Kit data recovery PCIE or USB . Thanks Héber from brazil

[@tonychristiano]

What is the Cost in the the same case scenario ? my hard drive is doing the same exact thing .

[@emmanuelaku2290]

I lost a file, and I have run date recovery on it. But the customer still saying there are still files missing and I have copy the recovery ones back to the Harddrive. What the solution to get them back??

[@AnOfficialAndrewFloyd]

Don't you have to vacuum out the air from a reclosed HD before resealing it? I thought they were made that way and filled with some neutral gas to protect the platters.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

some new drives are filled with Helium

[@frasercorrance]

I am currently studying advanced data recovery and I love your channel! Great info! Have you ever had to do a recovery on one of these new Helium filled drives where you had to open the drive? Can the drives adaptives adjust to working without the Helium?? Just curious...

[@glennoc8585]

'Im just using SSD and my main drive now and i store alrge files and back up to a spinner which gets disconnected soon as iv'e backed up. Spin time will eventually kill a drive.

[@perahlbaum]

Hi, I have the same problem with clicking sound on Seagate Barracuda 3 TB. I wonder how to follow this video and i am wondering about that metall peace he put over the heads where can I get this? Is it nececarry to have that to change unit?

[@Officialkyeigodfred]

Please I opened my hard drive the head wasn’t on the plater or the round disks, something feel on it and it doesn’t show up again, PLEASE I NEED TO RECOVER MY DATA, help me please , please

[@foongtran]

Is this the same process for the ST2000DM001? I just ordered in a donor drive waiting to replace the head.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Good luck

[@foongtran]

@@hddrecoveryservices Thanks mate!! Just curious is there somewhere I can order in a single head replacement tool? I looked around and they only come in sets.

[@eskaes2064]

This is really interesting stuff :D

[@hddrecoveryservices]

thanks

[@huan10000]

@@hddrecoveryservices yep indeed but music is to "heavy" i mean somebody has to put it little bit down to match level of voice. Just sayin ;>

[@the-d-r]

Hi, do you know what exactly was the problem of this drive with the original heads? In your video, you had a look through the microscope, but I couldn't see any damage. And are you sure that the heads were damaged? May Be there was just this one Firmware problem?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

port29dr led:00000047 problems with media cache. Overwrote 3x346 sys files on both copies and modified SMP flags - result full image with like a handful of bad sectors

[@hddrecoveryservices]

port29dr but also original heads were toasted

[@hddrecoveryservices]

port29dr originally the drive was just clicking and spinning down after 12 clicks or so. As soon as new heads were placed in, it stopped clicking and it would stay BSY, but idle.

[@todorneshev7343]

Is there info about the clicking number. For example if drive is clicking 5 times and stop and you have terminal ?

[@Michal5000]

Why it has this shield over the platter?

[@algreen1231]

Hi, nice video. I'm in trouble with my Seagate barracuda 1tb. I have a donor but not own the weird wrench to move the header pins (I'm from Italy, no idea how that disk surface readers are called; we call them "testine", small heads). Can you tell me please the name of that small grey tool to separate pins form disk? Best Regards Al

[@mitchb77]

My laptop beeps on startup and says no bootable device found.I removed it and put it into an external enclosure to test it and it just clicks.Will replacing the Pcb work to get my data off?

[@JohnJacobGarza]

Mitch Maguny maybe not might be damage heads

[@desertsoul02]

Sooo, the broken hard drive and the donor only have to share the Model Number to be compatible ?

[@marengolordoftheearth]

do you also repair the iomega 100mb zip scsi?

[@kazuyamishima2097]

i have a 3tb external/portable disc with adapter. in pluged in the wrong adapter to disc and now its not working. is there a way to fix it or what could be wrong?

[@smythie08]

Hi, i didn't catch your name, i think it is Akin? Please forgive me if i am wrong. These videos are a godsend and EXTREMELY interesting to me. Thank you SO MUCH for providing them, i am technically interested and have been all my life. I would just like to know if you might be able to share some insight as to how one starts off in the Data Recovery business as i would love to start up here in Aus but don't know what to buy first. i have basic tools ie dmm, soldering iron, magnification fluro loop lol, all types of screw driver bits etc. Basically just after a heads up on what to get and how to learn. i have learnt quite a bit from a few online tubers so far and SOME experimentation here but i don't want to go wrecking customers drives starting out. Thanks so much mate and i always look forward to your posts!!

[@itzmaster5603]

hi! my hard drive makes this rumble and grinding noises what might be the problem please help my hdd is wd2003fyps

[@hddrecoveryservices]

grinding noises is the worst thing you can have happen to the drive. Heads might be grinding the platters away at this point

[@itzmaster5603]

+HDD Recovery Services but its a new drive and what about rumbling noises?

[@itzmaster5603]

+HDD Recovery Services also I contacted the people that made my pc and said its normal because its a enterprise drive

[@itzmaster5603]

+HDD Recovery Services please reply soon so I can get a new drive if thats the problem

[@lotiebird]

how much cost with that heads holder that you temporary hold heads?

[@jamesson5751]

How much does it cost to repair this exact drive? Mine failed and is clicking the exact same way.

[@eLeCtRoXaLLeCs]

Mom: be careful, don't try to repair electronical devices while they're plugged in Me: 7:24

[@MrWonka191]

Seagate is the worst HDD maker ever

[@Eddie87Grant]

MrWonka191 boy do I know that. I have one like exactly this that has failed.

[@pizzel]

i 1000% agree with you, followed by hitachi,

[@tobs2470]

Can only report the opposite Scenario here. Have 2 Seagate1tb barracuda from 2009 in my pc, both working without sector errors. They are ~13000h. In August 2016 i bought a wd, and it died in October 2016. I sent it to wd, and they sent me another drive back, but this one died one week later. Have bad feelings about wd now, so I'll stick with seagate or toshiba in the Future.

[@rosshanseet]

Agree

[@msandersen]

You always get these arguments; Brand X is the worst, Brand Y has never let me down, I have a bunch that have lasted for years, etc. You have a bunch of people agreeing, followed by people with the opposite experience, where Brand Y has always failed them within months, and they have used a lot of Brand X for years without issues. So basically, there is no simple answer; if Brand X or Brand Y was so terrible, they wouldn’t be in business, they all have their issues, and they will all die eventually. Also, particular models may be more prone to failure than others, like WD Green drives and 3Tb Barracudas. I stay clear of both on anecdotal evidence. Moreover, there may be variance in quality from factory to factory, and variance over time. I heard one recovery expert say he’s seeing more drives with dirt inside, for instance. Personally, I have more Seagates than WDs, that’s partly coincidental, as I’ve often gone for what they had in stock at the time. I’ve never had any issues with them, I back them up, but they have all lasted beyond their rated lifecycle, so can’t complain. When I bought external drives, I learnt to avoid the WD Passport after having to recover a family member’s drive, basically because it turns out they have an encryption chip, which encrypts everything regardless of whether you set a password or not. And if the USB to SATA bridge fails, you have to find an exact match with the same encryption chip, or you can’t access the drive. Now I just use raw drives in multi-drive enclosures in raid-1 and backed up via a dock with the backup stored separately. Maybe I’ve been lucky, I haven’t encountered any drives that have failed without running for years.

[@bzoink1]

I've been looking around and I can't find out how to remove write protection from my micro sd card. Sandisk website says to use the adapter they provide. But mine is broken is there any way I could remove the protection. A reply would be tons of help. Btw love the videos!

[@bluemeanie6395]

do you know if the heads on these drives are compatible with the heads on the later version using the 100724095 board?

[@160rpm]

Whats the name of that little thingy you use to fix the heads in place with?

[@prodge64]

If you're talking about the thing already in the drive, then that's a ramp. What he put between the heads is called a head comb.

[@nizzyniz2981]

I feel very sad, the exactly same drive died with all of my family pics and important data. I left a comment on your other video. could you please gimme some advice. Thank you

[@JohnJacobGarza]

Nizzy Niz try 300 data recovery

[@aidenfau3209]

do you repair the disk?

[@luizemediato6987]

Where do I find the tool that you use to protect the heads ? Thanks in advance.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Hddsurgery

[@patrioticwarrior2345]

HDD Recovery Services , HI great channel , so how do you tell the right time? i assume its like windows boot up to safe mode within 2-3 milli seconds before the spin up right surge of the motor can you be a bit specific i want to try this thanks.

[@linjustek]

How create environment for HDD part replacement, I mean dust free. :-)

[@BlackMaskAa]

i have seagate Momentus 1 TB external sata drive it was working fine but was dropped some how and after that there is no sound in the drive it is not even turning on when i plug it in the computer it do sound as some thing is attached and if i see in the device manager the name is shown for some time and then it goes and hard disk light stops what could be the problem ?

[@vanessaweemsss5740]

How much should we be charged for s recovery?? What does it depend on???

[@loganbenson6373]

so the head replacement is absolutely necessary? i have the SAME EXACT hard drive SAME EXACT sound. should i just short it? data isnt necessary but itd be nice..

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Logan Benson it is the only way to get access

[@dkassen27]

I’ve got a 2TB Seagate Pipeline HDD, spins up then makes 2 of those exact clicking noises then spins down. This happened randomly one day, the previous day it was fine, would it also need a replaced set of heads as in the video? It’s only been used for 2 years. Thanks for your time

[@Marquez511]

Where do you get those hard drive storage boxes on your shelf??

[@hddrecoveryservices]

U-Line

[@valiantv1941]

where i can get (Buy) a Head lock for remove the harddisk head module?

[@danielbricker7204]

id love to learn how to do what you do, looks interesting. how did you get started?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

in nearest future I will make an episode that will go over it

[@leberkassemmel]

Look around on the internet. Someone probably already had the same problem and has found a solution.

[@danielbricker7204]

Michi Lo i wasnt so much asking how one litterally does the repair work. i mean if one wanted to get a job in the field what skills are a pre requisit, are you often self employed or are there big companies that need people. that kind of stuff

[@leberkassemmel]

Daniel Bricker I know someone who does repairing phones as a job, first he repaired phones for friends and family, then he got better with it and started his own business. Don't know, if this applies to this kind of job too.

[@frasercorrance]

Scott Moulton teaches classes on advanced data recovery. I am currently taking the distance learning course from him. Lots of great info in the class but it is really just the tip of the ice burg. myharddrivedied.com/ There are also some really good forums out there with good info on them such as hddguru.com/ but, fair warning, don't be surprised if you ask noob question you will get snarky answers, if you get any answers at all. The folks on www.hddoracle.com tend to be a bit friendlier to noobs. Spildit, the moderator of hddoracle has an AWSOME set of articles that I would suggest reading if you are really interested in the subject which can be found here www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=176 n-joy ;-)

[@bestviralreloaded704]

if u change only disks will it work

[@g1598]

my hard just started to spin at 100% usage and made the clicking sounds. Whats the likelihood of saving the data?

[@frecmenta5114]

i have a 200gb samsung ata hdd that won't spin. One ground is severed, but i soddered it. still nothing. all diodes are ok the way i see it. Think it shorts when a ground is severed and power is on ? thanks

[@hddrecoveryservices]

not sure, I would just swap the board and do adaptation

[@amirosenianoo]

How do you know the donor drives head is not broken?! İ mean you don't actually donate a head out of a fine hdd ?! Or do you?

[@andrewhdonkin]

Hi. My needle/head goes back and forth and it looks like the disc doesn't spin at full speed. I can't read the harddrive on my PC. Any ideas? Regards Andrew.

[@matteofreddi9260]

Hi can I use heads from ST3000DM001 to read a 3 platter ST2000DM001? Thanks

[@FVDaudio]

The mine is (1 tb model) slow spinning (bios recognize) but windows don't... The controller board It has rusted areas.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

make sure terminals to the preamp are clean (when you take off the PCB look for pads that connect to the inside of the drive). You can scrub them with an eraser

[@FVDaudio]

Thank you. I'll check that out!

[@MrLee-es2xf]

How much did this particular service cost??

[@zeniltogf]

Hi friend, I follow your channel My name is Zenilto I'm from Brazil I have this Toshiba 750gb laptop HD Mk7559gsxp Hdd2j51 Z SLOT1 T His fault is the click of death. The doubt that I have is whenever I have this defect the only solution would be to change the reading head or am I wrong? Thank you for your attention.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Hard to say without inspection. But most of the clicking sounds on modern drives are related to the heads

[@zeniltogf]

HDD Recovery Services Grateful for your attention. I'll see if I can find any specialized company in my country.

[@magodenik]

I have a same model drive. I can hear that platters spin without clicks but it's not being detected by any computer's BIOS. Do you think it could be a physical issue or a PCB issue? Thank you very much for being so generous and open-handed with your knowledge!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

if the drive spins and does not click, then 99% it is neither. Most likely something either related to bad sectors, or firmware

[@magodenik]

And if it were bad sectors related would it be possible to get it back to life or it'd be a lost cause? Thanks for your response!

[@chapas5400]

My drive failed on me today with this exact same problem!!! Date on drive is from 2012, no warning from S.M.A.R.T. whatsoever, my precisous 3 TB of data...I want to cry!

[@pcstar123]

My also died with exactly the same Seagate 3TB drive with the same sound, I'm glad I found this video to confirm it's the head assembly problem, I'm contemplating if I should replace the head assembly from my other good same exactly drive or send for help?

[@xxAbcelxx]

So this exact model I have was in a external case. I had a power outage and it formatted the harddrive into .RAW format. I took the case out and plugged it directly into my computer because via USB would not work. I used easeus Data recovery software and was able to get most of the data to appear in the software but at the time I did not have another harddrive to switch it over. Now, the harddrive will never connect/be recognized by the computer. It turns on, spins, and does not make odd sounds. Disk manager doesn't list it, Bios doesn't either, I can not find drivers for this harddrive. I can not get the harddrive to connect so I can do recovery. I fear the harddrive is dead dead. Do I have to just do what you did in this video and get a exact model harddrive that is healthy and start switching out the parts in hope that it fixes it? Just so I can recovery it all to another harddrive that isn't this god awful product by seagate. Thanks if you reply.

[@maladjustedtv]

This just happened to me a couple of hours ago - 2TB Seagate Barracuda main drive with all my personal data on it! I do have a back up but i seems to be dated Jan2018... (better than nothing I guess?!)

[@panosX2]

Is there any chance for a disk to work directly on windows, after changing the problematic head?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I never tired it

[@bizzwoofer]

My hard drive clicking is much softer, barely audible and my files are all in RAW format. I have no idea what to do!

[@royl7085]

can we also swap pcb too from the working one?

[@oussamathedjfreeman]

hey man thanks for all your videos ! i want to start the same job as u are so where should i start from? am from algeria

[@JamesSmith-ss3yf]

I have a drive with comics of it it about 25 gigs of data on a 500 gb drive it's clicking what to do? I put drive in sealed ziplock

[@madmac5709]

Hey man great videos are you located in Ottawa because if you are that’s great I’m just down the street I got a 2.5 inch IDE hard drive that I would like to discuss my options with you

[@hddrecoveryservices]

we are in Ottawa.

[@madmac5709]

HDD Recovery Services nice im off fridays.. will i be speaking too you? I would like to get in contact with you

[@johnyjo28]

How do you keep the dust away? I see is very clean there

[@hddrecoveryservices]

laminar flow bench - www.dfmzgroup.com/products.php?catID=2&productID=15 MG Chemicals super duster 134 before sealing the drive up

[@chandigarhdatarecovery]

erkin ,Thanks for the MG Chemical Details ,I use a manual blower

[@Carswarlord]

I am genuinely interested in data recover but what learning path or course did you take to get going with data recovery? Google searches are vague and I would prefer something more specific. Thanks for any advice...

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I'll have an episode on how I started soon.

[@techreview8858]

Olá, sou do Brasil e trabalho com Informática! Gostaria de aprender com vocês! Tem algum curso que posso fazer com vocês?

[@mbrkmr]

I have the same drive (ST3000DM001) that began to fail suddenly and now is clicking the same way. It showed a few thousand reallocated sectors and I was attempting to remap them but gave up and now the drive is not detected in the bios. I opened it up and verified the heads were not stuck. I was thinking about ordering a donor drive to swap head assemblies. Will this require terminal work and rechanneling the drive? Not sure if its possible to just swap the assembly only or not? The data is not critical but its worth 50 bucks to me. Great video BTW!

[@troyBORG]

How much do you guys normally charge?