My second hard drive won't read. It makes sounds, but is still unreadable. I can send it to WD to get a warranty replacement, but I will lose all my data on there. Tried a different computer with an external USB to hard drive cord, read for a split second but then nothing. Acronis True Image might recover it, but wants money (of which I have none).
Does anyone have any free options/fixes?
My plan is to get my data off the HDD, then send it in to get a new drive. If I lose my data, it's not the end of the world. Most of it was music I got from my gf (which I can ask for again), games (which I can install again), and some docs from college. I can get 90% of what I lost back, but it'll take a lot of time.