I’m sure hard drives shouldn’t make clicking noises like this. It’s actually a 320GB IDE in a USB enclosure. It’s a hypnotic sound.

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After taking the drive out of the USB enclosure and fitting it into another USB bridge it would appear that the drive is okay. It’s the USB enclosure that is broken.