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Well I think my external hard drive just went down the toilet. It makes this clunking sound when it tries to load up. It will try 3 times to start then just sits idle. My PC does not even recognize the external drive also. So does this mean it's toast? And if so, is there any way to recover some of the files on there. Almost 3/4 was burned to dvds and well the rest was not. I'd appreciate your input.

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I think you're hosed. Try the freeze trick, you don't have anything else to lose at this point.

If it's super valuable irreplaceable data, you could try a data recovery company, but it won't be cheap and there are no guarantees. What they typically have to do is take the platters from your drive and put them in a replacement drive in a clean room to read them.

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