Possible to revive my external portable backup drive?

[Speed Weed]

I accident dropped my Toshiba Canvio Connect 2 1TB portable hard drive very light, and now Windows fail to recognize the drive, but it does recognize the drive got plugged into my computer. It making this clicking noises and buzzing noises. A short video attached below. The blue light indicate power received from the USB port plugged into my computer. 

 

 

 

[Lenovo1984]

You dropped the drive and proceeded to open it up?

[Docretier]

It dead, clicking means mechanical problems with the read/write head. And opening it is automatically dead, even if it were a new drive opening it is death.

[Speed Weed]

Just now, Lenovo1984 said:

You dropped the drive and proceeded to open it up?

Yes

[wONKEyeYEs]

8 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

dropped my Toshiba Canvio Connect 2 1TB

Yes it seems dead.

Esp since you opened it, I'm assuming you aren't in a clean room.

You aren't supposed to let ANY dust in there eh.

 

[Lenovo1984]

1 minute ago, Speed Weed said:

Yes

You probably would have had a better chance of data recovery if you didn't open it. They're sealed for a reason. Mechanical drives shouldn't be opened unless in a clean room.

[Speed Weed]

2 minutes ago, wONKEyeYEs said:

Yes it seems dead.

Esp since you opened it, I'm assuming you aren't in a clean room.

You aren't supposed to let ANY dust in there eh.

 

There is no dust

1 minute ago, Lenovo1984 said:

You probably would have had a better chance of data recovery if you didn't open it. They're sealed for a reason. Mechanical drives shouldn't be opened unless in a clean room.

My room is clean, and there is no dust. 

 

 

So my drive is good to put it in the grave? It contains my disk backup and some of my text documents which already got backup onto secondary drive. I just want to know if I can revive this drive to reuse it again. 

 

[Lenovo1984]

@Speed Weed Even if your room is clean, there is dust. That's why hard drive repair isn't done in a clean office, it's done in complex rooms designed to filter out particles you can't see. That's also the reason that the label on the drive should specifically say not to open it. Unless you have important documents on it, I wouldn't pay to have the data recovered.

[Speed Weed]

2 minutes ago, Lenovo1984 said:

@Speed Weed Even if your room is clean, there is dust. That's why hard drive repair isn't done in a clean office, it's done in complex rooms designed to filter out particles you can't see. That's also the reason that the label on the drive should specifically say not to open it. Unless you have important documents on it, I wouldn't pay to have the data recovered.

That's not true. There are tons of videos on Youtube show people repair hard drive in their office room which is not 100% dust free. 

[Speed Weed]

Is my hard drive RIP? 

[Lenovo1984]

3 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

That's not true. There are tons of videos on Youtube show people repair hard drive in their office room which is not 100% dust free. 

I'd recommend reading something like the article I've linked below. You seem to be an expert on HDD recovery, so you should be good to go and perform your data recovery. 

http://hddsurgery.com/blog/opening-the-hard-drive–regular-vs-clean-room-environment

[Speed Weed]

5 minutes ago, Lenovo1984 said:

I'd recommend reading something like the article I've linked below. You seem to be an expert on HDD recovery, so you should be good to go and perform your data recovery. 

http://hddsurgery.com/blog/opening-the-hard-drive–regular-vs-clean-room-environment

I am not an expert on HDD or Data Recovery. I take the blog you posted as a grain of salt. I just want to know is it possible to revive my portable HDD? Geez. You are making this sounds like I need to go to a hospital room to open up my drive. 

[Lenovo1984]

Just now, Speed Weed said:

I am not an expert on HDD or Data Recovery. I just want to ask is it possible to revive my portable HDD? Geez. You are making this sounds like I need to go to a hospital room to open up my drive. 

I'm not trying to say that you won't ever be able to get your data back. I'm simply saying that mechanical hard drives are designed to be sealed, and by opening it you reduce your chances of recovering data. Also, a hospital room wouldn't be the place to go. If you don't know much about HDDs and data recovery from them, I'd send it to a professional company. 

[Speed Weed]

1 minute ago, Lenovo1984 said:

I'm not trying to say that you won't ever be able to get your data back. I'm simply saying that mechanical hard drives are designed to be sealed, and by opening it you reduce your chances of recovering data. Also, a hospital room wouldn't be the place to go. If you don't know much about HDDs and data recovery from them, I'd send it to a professional company. 

But is my hard drive dead or no? This is the question. 

[Lenovo1984]

Just now, Speed Weed said:

But is my hard drive dead or no? This is the question. 

As far as getting the data off without specialized equipment and stuff? Yes. That click is referred to as "the click of death".

[Docretier]

12 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

But is my hard drive dead or no? This is the question. 

Dead, there are micro particles of dust in the air. There needs to be absolutely nothing between the read/write head and the platter. Since the platter is magnetic it attracts dust the moment you open it. That is why clean rooms exist, it is a room that has none or very few of those micro particles, making drive recovery and repair possible.

[Speed Weed]

3 hours ago, Docretier said:

Dead, there are micro particles of dust in the air. There needs to be absolutely nothing between the read/write head and the platter. Since the platter is magnetic it attracts dust the moment you open it. That is why clean rooms exist, it is a room that has none or very few of those micro particles, making drive recovery and repair possible.

Thanks. I will burn the drive later when I have time.