That whiny noise is coming from worn spindle motor bearings. If this drive is more than 7-10 years old, you may have worn bearings.
This condition throws the heads out of alignment. When heads are out of alignment, you wiill have trouble reading & writing.
We will remove your head and platter (disks) assembly from that damaged housing and transplant it into a working motor housing. The motor is built into the housing, replacing the housing replaces the motor.
Whiny noise coming from HDD
Device: HDD
Possible diagnosis: Severely misaligned hard drive motor.
Possible Cause: Worn spindle motor bearings.
Solution:
(If you can still access the files on this drive, we recommend that you try cloning this drive instead of fixing it.)
Here is the fix along with data recovery labor cost:
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HDD Data Recovery via Motor Replacement. $300 + parts ($25 – $100) |
We will validate the on-line estimate and give you a signed quote after looking at your drive.