![Hard drive isolated on white background. HDD. Major components of a 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drive: platter, spindle, actuator, actuator arm. Disk head above the plates Stock Photo | Adobe Stock Hard drive isolated on white background. HDD. Major components of a 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drive: platter, spindle, actuator, actuator arm. Disk head above the plates Stock Photo | Adobe Stock](https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/02/33/64/99/1000_F_233649920_HmKmrLqB0oNOPlD6SSoauB7j2BCciALq.jpg)
Hard drive isolated on white background. HDD. Major components of a 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drive: platter, spindle, actuator, actuator arm. Disk head above the plates Stock Photo | Adobe Stock
![Does a clicking internal HDD mean that the platter is scratched and the data is unrecoverable for professionals? It clicks for 10 seconds during boot-up and then stops. - Quora Does a clicking internal HDD mean that the platter is scratched and the data is unrecoverable for professionals? It clicks for 10 seconds during boot-up and then stops. - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-b812b01c10b4b8f1428936e518e55f27.webp)
Does a clicking internal HDD mean that the platter is scratched and the data is unrecoverable for professionals? It clicks for 10 seconds during boot-up and then stops. - Quora
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Hard disk drive platter. Open hdd hard disk. Data recovery from damaged media. Disk head above the plates Stock Photo | Adobe Stock
![Hard disk drive platter.Disassembled hard drive from the computer with mirror effect. HDD. Detail of writing/reading head on actuator arm and axis, spindle and platters. Stock-foto | Adobe Stock Hard disk drive platter.Disassembled hard drive from the computer with mirror effect. HDD. Detail of writing/reading head on actuator arm and axis, spindle and platters. Stock-foto | Adobe Stock](https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/03/14/06/44/1000_F_314064457_AY3ryX0y8KJMlcS3y0PqFLIbiPViLcGM.jpg)