XPost: aus.computers   
   From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 25/11/2025 09:11, Paul wrote:   
      
     You can hear it spinning,   
   > you "report no clicks of Death",   
      
   Where did you see that? The OP just reported vibrations from the   
   platters spinning.   
      
   > If you want the data off it, do something now.   
      
   Get the disk and put it in a small polythene bag. Put it in a freezer   
   for at least a couple of hours, preferably overnight. As soon as you   
   want to try it, take it out of the freezer and put it in a SATA USB   
   caddy (try to leave as much of the bag on as possible to stop   
   condensation getting to the disk). Plug the USB lead into your computer   
   with as little delay as possible, and see what your file manager says   
   about the disk. If any of the disk is now readable, copy those files to   
   your computer's HD without delay. It will probably last around 10   
   minutes before any faulty electronics warm up to prevent further access.   
      
   You can try repeating to get more data off, but in the end it will fail.   
   I've used this a couple of times to get data off a disk - even one with   
   the click of death. I've got a 1TB Seagate which went down a few months   
   ago with the click of death, but that unfortunately doesn't respond to   
   the freezer trick. It's worth trying where everything else has failed.   
      
   --   
   Jeff   
      
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