This is one physical data recovery case study from Smart Computech, DFL India on how to recover lost data from head damaged ST2000LM007 case.
When the engineer received the ST2000LM007 case, connected it to the DFL-SRP, power on the drive, it was clicking and then powered off the hdd immediately. From the clicking noises, engineer has learnt it’s head damage and must handle it properly and carefully. Read more