WD Scorpio Blue failure. Any help to access data.

[Ruhel]

My friends HDD failed in his laptop he uses for Uni work. When powered up it emits a series of bleeps.

 

Red dot on back of the HDD. Any significance?

The laptop is back up and running with a cheap SSD but he needs access some data (cheaply or free) without sending the drive off to a professional. Anything I can try? Google has run out of ideas.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ruhel™

P.S. When I installed Widows 10 it automatically activated with digital entitlement even though Windows 10 had never been previously installed. The previous OS was Windows 8. Is this normal behavior?  

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Ruhel said:

he needs access some data (cheaply or free) without sending the drive off to a professional

is the data important? if it is then i suggest handing it over to professionals

 

if its not important, and just wants to try and get back some stuffs...

is the drive being able to be detected by the OS? whats that condition?

 

3 minutes ago, Ruhel said:

Is this normal behavior?

yes, since its a free upgrade from windows 8 to windows 10 anyway

[Ruhel]

2 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

is the drive being able to be detected by the OS? whats that condition?

Just some photos and old assignments. Nothing major.

Not detected by BIOS or OS. 

Thanks 

Ruhel™ 

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Ruhel said:

Not detected by BIOS or OS. 

if its not detected then theres nothing much you can do lol

prolly dead components on the inside

[Ruhel]

3 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

if its not detected then theres nothing much you can do lol

prolly dead components on the inside

Ah. He's not to bothered. Will just take it apart to see how it works