Old Hard Drive

[treetorn]

NOt sure where to post this but I have an old dead hard drive. 2007?. Old configuration. The drive is dead. I replace the circuit board and got it to work but I hear a clicking sound. I hooked it up to my computer and the computer cannot read the drive. Is there a way to get the information off? There are a lot of pictures on it that x relatives would like to have.

[Verdun1]

That happened to me once. I hooked the old HD up to my PC through a USB and it didn't read it. I put it in a drawer and forgot about it for a few years. Then I saw a complete PC on someone's Hard Rubbish (here in oz where you put all your big pieces of junk on the lawn and the council collect it, once a year), pulled out the HD and plugged my one in, ran it in Safe Mode and my 8,000 pics appeared again. So don't give up hope.

[anonjohn]

Originally Posted by treetorn

NOt sure where to post this but I have an old dead hard drive. 2007?. Old configuration. The drive is dead. I replace the circuit board and got it to work but I hear a clicking sound. I hooked it up to my computer and the computer cannot read the drive. Is there a way to get the information off? There are a lot of pictures on it that x relatives would like to have.

You have done the most difficult part (outside of a clean room) - replacing the circuit board.

This site has some tips (remove spaces around the dot) www.securedatarecovery . com/blog/hard-drive-clicking

The last resort is to send it to a data recovery company, like the one above or eg ontrack . com
I believe some have a no fix no fee policy, and if they recover any data will quote you a price for its recovery saved onto another disk, so you can then decide if it worth it.