Harddisk Problem

[milddanger]

I recently dropped my 40gb seagate hardisk........and now it is not working whenever i conect my harddisk to my computer it makes strange noises like "kit" "kit" "kit" "kit" "kit".....soooo i am really worried coz i have very important data on that disk so please can any one could help me how to fix my hardisk or recover data from it.....:( :eek:

[GLH]

It seems that the read/write head is crashed, so noone can simply restore your data.
You need to contact a data restoration firm where you can send in your hd.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Time to get a few hundred/thousand dollars and contact a data salvage company.

[Dieselbrad]

Time to get a few hundred/thousand dollars and contact a data salvage company.

"Shaking Head" --- Makes me wanna change my stripe to a Raid5...

BACKUP YOUR DATA!