Portable hard drive is broken :(

hey guys i have a Iomega External Hard Drive 60GB 2.5 USB Silver Edition, its been workin fine for a year or so, now all of a sudden my laptop doesnt detect it and when i pulg it in it gives out a clicking noise and the disk inside sounds like an old ps2 that cant read games anymore lol any help wud be greatly appreciated
Answer #1
clicking/ticking noise = dying harddrive.
take it out of the case, put it in a desktop computer and try to backup as much as you can.
Answer #2
is there any chance of saving the harddrive?
Answer #3
No, it’s dying, all you can do is connect it in a desktop pc and hope that it will show up so you can backup any data
Answer #4
oh well lol ill go throw it at a wall lol but it wud make a nice shiny paper weight
Answer #5
hahahaha or you cann sell it maybe someone can fix it
Answer #6
is it maybe still under warranty many drives are covered for a few years the makers site will probably have details some let you enter drive serial number to check warranty status
Answer #7
yeh i done that hamish it aint under warranty any more, sorta too late now lol it got put out the top window lol
Answer #8
dont trash it yet.. there is some method to make it work for sometime and then take back up of important files.. its been done by edwoobweb.. may be u should PM him.. its something about freezing the drive and then heating it back..
Answer #9
i dont need to back up anything off it, i think theres like one movie on it thats all lol
Answer #10
I think you maybe able to put another disk in it instead of trashing it