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Toshiba External 3TB not showing?

So a few days ago my External hard drive fell about 90 cm on my carpet, the problem is now it doesn't work at all. the light flashes and its making a funny noise when i plug in the power cable. How can I get it to work again ?

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The funny noise could be that the platters are unbalanced now. Pretty much any time a hard drive makes a funny noise, it means something is wrong. Most likely repair on the drive would cost more than replacing it.

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