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Generic Back Up Drive Question
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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I have a LaCie 80gb back up drive I bought in Dec 2003. Recently, when I turn my computer on, the back-up drive goes "click...click...click..." for a minute or so and then my Mac tells me it can't find it.
Is there anything I can do, or should I simply take it to a professional to repair? I am not a mechanical wizard but I can follow simple instructions...
Thanks in advance...
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The "click...click...click..." noise you describe sounds as though the platters on this HDD might not be able to be read.
Unfortunately I'm not sure what repair options there are yourself. 
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Can Disk Utility see the drive? If not, I'd be happy for the 5 years you got out of the drive! Repairing the drive would not be worth it unless there was data on the drive that you needed to get and the chances of actually retrieving that data were better than average.
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80GB isn't really worth repairing. $100 will get you ten times the space.
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is there any way to get the info off it? it is my back up drive, after all... I do have a brand new Apricorn 160gb flash drive backup, but I have only backed up my current Mac on that, not the "extra" files I stored on the LaCie... most of the LaCie is duplicate files, but there is about 20gb of stuff I need... sooo...
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Originally Posted by tpicco 
is there any way to get the info off it? it is my back up drive, after all... I do have a brand new Apricorn 160gb flash drive backup, but I have only backed up my current Mac on that, not the "extra" files I stored on the LaCie... most of the LaCie is duplicate files, but there is about 20gb of stuff I need... sooo...
The question is... How bad do you "need" it?
It all depends on how much you are willing to spend, and even then, the data may be completely lost.
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I guess I will find out how badly I need it when they tell me the price...
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Click-click-click is the sound of a dying harddrive. You need to replace it asap.
Also: note that repairing your drive will not bring your files back, they will most likely just replace the whole harddrive. That's not worth it. If you need a professional data recovery service, you're talking four digits.
There is a simpler way that might work:
(1) Get a replacement drive.
(2) Thoroughly freeze your old drive (put it in several layers of bags; make sure it's thoroughly frozen, leave it in the fridge for 10-24 hours).
(3) Try to plug in the faulty harddrive. Very often it would work a little, enough so you can copy as many files that you really need as possible.
This is only a stop-gap solution to recover data.
(Last edited by OreoCookie; Dec 11, 2008 at 01:14 AM.
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