1TB Blue Caviar Drive not recognized by computer - HELP!

WD Internal Drives Desktop & Mobile Drives
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Hey there,

I have this drive: 

Western Digital Caviar Blue (WD10EALX) 1TB SATA3 6GB/s 7200RPM 32M Cache (OEM)

Out of nowhere my computer stopped recognizing it.

When I restart the computer the drive starts to spin but the arm doesn’t sound like it’s trying to move or read anything. After a while the drive stops spinning. It’s not recognized by the PC or in the BIOS. It makes no strange noises or anything at all.

I had someone local look at it and he said it was likely something in the PCB. I really don’t want to have to go the clean room to get this thing sorted. Any DIY suggestions?

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seems that the arm is stuck or the motor is dead o.O

if the arm doesnt move i dont see another way of recovering your data than recovery services but thats wait for people like fzabkar  that can give you another opinion

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he is saying that it starts to spin, so 100% heads are not stuck, and the motor is fine. sometimes recalibration sounds on drives with failed heads are quite, I would really put an ear to the drive and power it on. if it ticks, then it will most likely need a head replacement. Not really a DIY type of thing