My wife kicked my 500 GB Western Digital external hard drive onto the ground and it stopped working. When you plug it in, it clicks repeatedly and never works.
I have tried freezing the drive, removing the SATA drive inside and installing it directly into the PC, and shaking it and crying, and none of these things have worked.
Is there a way to recover the data on this drive without paying a lot of money and risking being thrown in prison for pirated software?
Answer:
well with that kind of damage i doubt so. If it is truely un-readable then its dead. If it were a 2.5" one then possibly or it may still work. 3.5" inches are less durable and not meant to be moved around too much.
if you know how to use hardware as in opening insides, etc.
you have to find another of the same drive then open em both up.
check your disk 1st, see if the cylinders are broken, if the cylinders are broken, then there's no way to receover data; if not then open the other one and just replace the cylinders in urs with the new hd, then put the new hd together and plug it in, if you did all good, it should work;best take it to a computer shop who knows how to replace cylinders and they can help you find the same hd as well.
good luck.
Reference:-http://hd-data-recovery.blogspot.com
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