WD elements external hard drive was working yesterday!

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Artyh Posts 1 Registration date Saturday January 4, 2014 Status Member Last seen January 4, 2014 - Jan 4, 2014 at 09:13 PM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Jan 5, 2014 at 09:50 PM
Hi,
I have a 1tb WD elements external hard drive and I was merrily watching half a film on it last night and today I try to watch the other half however, now my computer doesn't seem to see it when plugged in. The hard drive was making this repetitive clicking noise yet now it doesn't seem to even be doing that. Bit scared that all my travel pictures that are on it might be lost forever. Does anyone have any advice? I have a fairly old hp laptop that is running windows 7. How can I purseade it to work? Thanks.
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Jan 5, 2014 at 09:50 PM
This looks like the "click of death" and you will never be able to view files on this drive.

Sorry for the bad news.
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