Dropped hard drive now when you plug in makes beeping sounds. 3 beeps, 3 beeps, 9 beeps. repeats a few times then stops. light flashes
SOURCE: HD not recognized and makes 3 times beep...beep noise when conect
Sounds like the drive has gone south.
This is a bit of work, but if you have access to a Linux disc, load the Live CD and see if you can mount the drive from there.
This is not quick a quick solution but may be far cheaper than sending off to a recovery expert.
If you are not familiar with Linux, go to www.ubuntu.com and download the latest distro, V9.04. Download, burn a copy and boot from it. Be prepared to spend time doing this, but it may just save your valuable data.
I have many times been able to salvage data just by doing this, if Ubuntu sees the drive, you could copy the data to your C drive and reboot.
Best of luck!
tom
SOURCE: Does nothing just beeps
If its in Warranty, and doesn't work with any computer, then you might prefer to send it away to get it fixed. Here's an alternative.
It may be a problem with the power supply to the drive, the USB cable from the drive, or the electronics inside the box, or the drive itself. It's worth working from the outside inwards:
If you've been able to establish that neither the power supply nor the USB cable is the problem, then the next stage may be worthwhile:
Try cracking the case open very carefully to extract the HDD, and loading it into a new case with USB outlet (will have to buy, around $30?).
I'll tell you my story: I had a LaCie external HDD (which turned out to be a nice Seagate Barracuda IDE inside) which died, light flashing, not recognised by the computer. Yours is a little different, because it is designed to switch off after a short while if it doesn't get a connection with the computer. My light just stayed red.
Anyway, I tried it on a different computer with the same result, then read LaCie website, which had an item about hard clicks and soft clicks. If the drive had hard clicks, I could say goodbye, but if the sounds were soft, the disk was probably OK. I wrote to their support people and they gave me detailed instructions for safely extracting the HDD, and what sort it was (PATA/IDE) so I could go and buy the right sort of cage to replace the old one, which I did. The new cage even came packaged with a screwdriver, as well as screws etc, so I could bolt it in myself, following the instructions. I got it all working fine within a day!
So, I'm hoping your problem is just the cage, and the HDD inside is still OK.
You'll probably need to use a flathead screwdriver to pry the case apart, here's some people who have been grappling with it.
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1140329
Over to you. All the best.
SOURCE: My WD external hard drive does not stay recognized
Try the hard drive on another computer to see if it is the external or a laptop interface problem. There are EIDE/SATA to usb adapters that you can connect a hard drive to that the computer will then read as an external hard drive. The problem with external HDDs is the usb interface built into them, these are mounted on controller cards and that is ususally where the failure occurs.
SOURCE: My WD external drive dropped about 2 feet. It now
Ok their is a needle that FLOATS above the metal disks inside the hard drive, when that is dropped either when its on or off, if that needle TOUCHED the disk in anyway your drive is scratched and screwed, thats what happened to yours, sorry but you need to buy a new one.
SOURCE: One short beep one long beep coming from hard drive
..as i know when HDD start beeping ( internal or portable ) that indicate problem with the Hard Drive (HDD)..so nothing you can do it by your self ..
..if the HDD is under warranty from factory you may take it to the store that you buy or nearest Western Digital distributor to claim the warranty...but if it doesn't in warranty..that's mean a problem why?
because if HDD start beeping like you have, the possibility to make it work again is almost impossible that mean you maybe lost the data that you save in this HDD..
If you're hearing beep codes after you turn your computer on, it typically means that the system has encountered some kind of problem before it was able to display any kind of error information on the monitor.
Follow the steps below to determine what system problem the beep code is representing.
Difficulty: AverageTime Required: Anywhere from 10 minutes to a few hours depending on the cause of the beep code
Power on the computer or restart it if it's already on.
Listen very carefully to the beep codes that sound when the computer begins to boot.
Restart your computer if you need to hear the beeping again. You're not likely to make whatever problem you have worse by restarting a few times.
Write down, in whatever way makes sense to you, how the beeps sound.
Important: Pay close attention to the number of beeps, if the beeps are long or short and if the beeping repeats or not. There is a big difference between a "beep-beep-beep" beep code and a "beep-beep" beep code.
This is all important information that will help determine what issue the beep codes are representing.
What steps you take to solve a particular beep code will differ depending on the BIOS manufacturer.
Choose the correct beep code troubleshooting guide below based on your motherboard'sBIOS manufacturer:
Tip: Not sure what brand of BIOS is on your motherboard? See this How To Determine Your Motherboard BIOS Manufacturer guide for some helpful advice.
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