[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] question re failing external hard drive; any suggestions?

[Robert Primak]

 Even if the drive is giving the "click of death" it may be able to give up its data if it is coaxed. But if Windows can't even see the drive, I'm pretty sure it won't be able to recover the data.
Just a reminder for next time -- get two external hard drives and make one a copy of the other. It's unlikely two drives will fail at the same time. 
Personally, I'm a bit paranoid/OCD. I have everything saved in triplicate externally and in duplicate internally (two separate partitions). I also use two or more operating systems -- three Linux at present, and Windows 10 Pro. The multi-Linux OS drive is external. And then there's my Chromebook, which also has a Linux on it. And several SD Cards for data. My Android phone also has an internal extra SD Card. And Cloud Backup. 
Data recovery services are expensive. but if what's on the external drive is really valuable to you, consider this option. And DON'T USE THE DRIVE if you want to recover the data.
-- Bob Primak 

    On Friday, November 19, 2021, 01:34:22 PM EST, Denise <denise at rcn.com> wrote:  
 
 <!--#yiv1748473468 _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv1748473468 #yiv1748473468 p.yiv1748473468MsoNormal, #yiv1748473468 li.yiv1748473468MsoNormal, #yiv1748473468 div.yiv1748473468MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv1748473468 span.yiv1748473468EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv1748473468 .yiv1748473468MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;} _filtered {}#yiv1748473468 div.yiv1748473468WordSection1 {}-->
Hi all.

  

I hope someone has a suggestion : )

  

My daughter has a windows 10 p.c. desktop; and she plugged in an HDD external hard drive (that has a USB cable on one end & power plug on the other end) into her p.c. and apparently the HDD is dying (or dead?)

  

She plugged it in and hears a noise. And when she goes to ‘my computer’ it’s not seen there.

  

should we be looking to hire a data recovery person?

or is there anything we can do with this?

any suggestions on what to do next? 

  

thanks!

  

denise
===============================================
::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::
Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.
Send to the list: LCTG at lists.toku.us      Message archives: http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us
To subscribe: email lctg-subscribe at toku.us  To unsubscribe: email lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us
Future and Past meeting information: http://LCTG.toku.us
List information: http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us
This message was sent to bobprimak at yahoo.com.
Set your list options: http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/attachments/20211119/51b6884b/attachment.html>