My seagate external HD is not recognised. WHIRR sounds instead.

hardware malfunction, return under warranty, by the sounds of it, it is having trouble compensating for thermal expansion(thermal drift) of the platters inside.

Download testdisk and run it to see if it recognised in the list. If so use the intel option to find a boot sector

If your computer no longer recognizes it then it died when it fell. Sorry.

Try changing your USB cable you are using to connect the External drive.. It may be that the usb cable is not good and thus the Drive is making beeping sound..


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You killed it.
There is probably no way of recovering the data cheaply.

You need to get a Seagate Harddisk Utility software to check the disk intergrity.

Although hardware issues like can sometimes be very difficult to fix due to the impact on a volatile component on the harddisk which are most times not replaceable

technically, handling damage is not covered by warranty. the warrenty will get you a new drive.

i am afraid costly data recovery service is the only way to go. the noise is probably coming from head/media damage. the light simply indicates the drive is busy (trying to execute the command host has posted).

I'm afraid that sound like a dead drive.

Possibly the fan (usually in the back of these units) in the system is bad or excessive??

It depends on the noise. It should be still under warranty. You should NEVER operate it without a fan as this is a safety hazard. If it is making a noise like a buzzsaw, it is most likely the bearings of the HD mechanism. If it is making a scraping noise, it's likely the fan. Make use of the warranty if/while you still can!