USB hard drive broke, should I try to fix, or get refund?

Hi,

I have a WD 500gb USB drive which has stopped working. It spins up, clicks
every few seconds and spins down again, not recognised by either PC or
laptop until it spins down (and it won't spin any more after this unless I
disconnect and reconect). I've tried most "recovery" or partition softwares,
they either don't see the drive, or return a I/O error if I try to do
anything with it.

Is it worth taking the USB enclosure apart to try the HDD in my PC? Is there
any more chance of getting any data off it that way than USB?

It's still under warranty, so I can return it for replacement or refund....
but if I open the case to test the drive, I void the warranty. If I send it
back, I lose all the data. If it turns out the actual HDD is broke, by
taking it apart I've lost the warranty AND the data.

Which is my best option?

 

Depends of your defintion of "best"...

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It may be the enclosure. I just had to replace one on my network storage
device yesterday. USB enclosure into a Linksys network storage link. Drive
made the same sounds you described. Put it in a new case and fixed.

 

another option would be to boot from a live cd (puppy linux) and see if
the files are still there

 

Only if the drive didn't spin up and down and click like the OP mentioned.

 

Contant clicking for WD HDDs drives is almost a sure sign of impending
failure of the drive. This has always been the way with WD HDDs.

 

I'd go for the *refund*. It's almost the weekend, and the
money could come in handy if you meet a desperate crackwhore.

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Was someone trying to say something?

 

Hmmm someone keep trying to say something but nothing appears.

 

Caps - Stupid - Plonk

 

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But you just have to keep replying don't you,
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