How to recover my internal hard disk that has dropped down?

unfortunately it appears that the internals are shot
if the funny noise is a clicking sound or squeal then the repair is a new hd unit as they are generally not repairable.

if its not detected this solution maybe crazy but sometimes it will work.. cover the hdd with polythene (air tight) and keep the hdd inside the refrigerator - freezer for 4 - 6 hours and try to connect as secondary hdd (not master) in linux os installed computer and try to recover the files.

Hard drives are easily damaged by dropping them.
When a hard disk makes a clicking sound and the computer does not detect it then the hard disk is faulty. This is commonly known as "The click of death".
There is no way of fixing this hard drive, if you need to recover your data, then there are companies that can recover data off faulty hard drives BUT it will cost you an arm and a leg for their services.

Did you try running software from windows to try repairing it? disc scan etc, There is plenty of help on your computer or on the net to repair lost or corrupt files and most of it is free, Treat it like it is the internal hdd on your own computer but tell your computer to scan that disk instead of its own internal hdd, it does work as i use this method myself, Go to start-my computer-you should see your external hdd there, Right click and go down to properties, Click on that and go to tools, Use tools from the drop down menu and try repair it from there, There will be one called check now and tick both boxes, Hope this helps,

Hello,

Here is what you need to know about hard drives.......

Some times you don't know if your hard drive is working or not. Your external hard disk might drop on the ground, or your desktop/laptop hard drive might not be booting. Which ever the case maybe, here is how to find out the condition of your hard disk:

Put your ear close to your hard disk, if you hear your hard disk make a crackling noise, be prepared to buy another hard disk because such hard disk is damaged and cannot be fixed. Also note that it is difficult to recover files from such hard drive.

But if you don't hear a crackling sound, use your hand(s) to feel the drive, if it vibrates, it means the hard disk is in good condition.

What damages external hard drive most times is if you don't eject (safely remove) it from your computer, when it drops on the ground or hits any hard object etc

If your external hard disk stops working, firstly, check if the hard disk inside the case is in good condition by checking for crackling sounds and vibration. Once you observe that the hard disk is in good condition, this means the hard drive case is defective/the cause of the problem. Get another drive case and your drive will work again without loosing any file/data on it.

For desktop/laptop hard drive maintenance, make sure you always shut down your computer properly, don't remove the CPU's power cord while the computer is turned on. To be on a safer side, always use UPS (uninterrupted power supply) for your desktop computer.

Also, when using your laptop, makes sure its fixed at a position. Avoid any shake as the hard disk might shift from its normal position in the process.

I hope this is helpful..........

Good luck.

Sorry to said that your description comes to a dead hard disk. Especially if the hard disk was at power on state the moment that dropped down there is no doubt that the clicking noise that you hear is a destroyed hard disk.

Sorry for the bad news.

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if the drive is dropped then most probably the internal disk is got cracked.due to this its not showing up. but if the drive is just not getting detected in your pc. but the internal disk is not cracked.then you can recover the data.you will just have to take the drive to local pc hardware/software repair maintenance shop. they have a software .that software is called "DATA RECOVERY" software. if the drive is not faulty but just not getting detected then they can recover the data. but if its faulty the data is gone. This will help. Thanks please keep updated.please do rate the solution positively .thank you for using fixya

you can recover your data only if you have not dropped the disk down... there are many recovery software through which you can get back your data and even your disk

If the disk isn't making noise when it has power going to it, it's safe to assume that it's dead. If you need the data recovered from it, you'll have to go to a data recovery specialist like CBL that costs a pretty good amount of money (hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars, sadly).

Disk space is cheap these days. Always back up data that you can't afford to lose. 1tb drives are under $100 these days.

Sorry to hear about the drop. I've lost data before, and replacing it is a major pain.

After data is recovered, it should be moved to another drive to keep safe. The drive that was recovered has to be reformatted and checked for errors before storing more data.