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Topic: Yesterday my 500GB WD drive started to click and won't start. I have it connected with a SATA to USB adapater. I have connected it to my computer "directly" and my Dell says "hard drive failure"... Is this it??? have you t...
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Old August 26th, 2008, 03:06 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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WD clicks and won't start
Yesterday my 500GB WD drive started to click and won't start. I have it connected with a SATA to USB adapater. I have connected it to my computer "directly" and my Dell says "hard drive failure"...
Is this it??? have you tried freezing it?
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i've dealt with a ton of bad hard drives...and the freezing trick is only effective if its a heat issue. if its clicking....its dead.
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