As you may suspect, your hard drive is failing. Based on your report you
will need recovery software or a service (most local computer shops are set
up for this). Do NOT continue trying to access a failing drive if you still
hope to get data from it. It will fail completely on you. It may already
have. I use some software from OnTrack for hard disk recovery (seldom but
vital when needed).
[url]http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-software/[/url]

You should try your computer shop first.

"dellbox" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> My external hard drive, Western Digital, is making a strange sound
> whenever I plug it to the computer. It goes like "click, click, click"
> and then it stops. It sounds like it tries to boot up but it couldn't.
> The drive doesn't show up in my computer but shows up in device
> manager. Is there any way that I can access the hard drive or get my
> files back? Thank you.
>
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