Just dropped my HD. RIP?

[Sairo]

1. The drive head is usually parked away from the platters when the drive is not powered on. This is the state that a laptop's "drop protection" sensor will usually put your hard drive in when it detects a drop.
2. Stop shaking your hard drive and try it out.
3. 2.5" hard drives are designed to withstand drops up to a certain point - instantaneous shocks of Gs in the mid to high hundreds while not in operation.

Thanks for the info.
I didnt mean shaking as in shaking à cocktail but I meant turning it upside down like recalibrating your iPhone compass.

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1.) Stop shaking it on purpose.
2.) this noise that sounds like something is loose is actually quite common for 2.5" drives, even those that haven't been dropped. That alone doesn't mean anything. Some drives even state this on the label.

Was the drive on when it fell? If it was off and powered down, and there's no damage to the external casing (dents) then there's a good chance it's ok. Put it in an enclosure see if it powers on and is recognized. If it won't, or it makes strange noises that it didn't used to, then you might have a problem.

Im sure it shouldnt sound this loud but ill take my chances.
The drive was powered off for maybe 2 days already.
Im curious what it Will do. Tried to power it in a 3,5" enclosure but it missed1 connector so i really need to wait for my 2,5" one.

 

[The Mercurian]

HDD's are sealed units assembled in "clean rooms". I am not sure what debris you are talking about. But I could just be learning something new. But I seriously doubt that is possible. Most HDD tolerances are so small these days that you can't fit a human hair under the read head.

I know I used to work in one of those clean rooms making those hard drives

I understand this. By sealed I mean sealed off from any outside debris that could ever possibly get in.

The debris comes from inside. If the read/write heads happen to bash into the surface in the exreme case - like dropping it, or otherwise mechanical spinning bits are in contact with something or just general wear and tear. Basic point is spinning a disc very fast is a dirty dirty business. Anyhow bits of crap are generated and land somewhere. Voila - debris

 

[Sairo]

Just swapped my ps3 HD with the fallen one. He's done for....