Acomdata External Hard Drive not working

[Penstrike]

I have a 120 GB external hard drive by acomdata. It was working perfectly fine yesterday morning. When I left the house I accidently left it on (but unplugged from the computer). When I can home I went to go plug it into my computer, so I could work on some graphic design work. It wasn't registering with the computer. I was very confused, so I unplugged it and tried it again, nothing. I thought maybe it was the plugs, so I switched the USB chords, still nothing. Upon close examination I heard a clicking coming from inside the hard drive casing. After the clicking stops the LED light on front (which lets me know if it is being read) starts blinking.( The warranty is expired, but I may send it in to get fixed, cause I need the stuff on it)...Is there a possibillity that is just overheated, and if so, anyway I can retrieve the work on it.
Thanks,

 

[Old Hippie]

Upon close examination I heard a clicking coming from inside the hard drive casing.

That clicking is usually a bad sign. To attempt any kind of data recovery, the drive must be removed from the case and connected directly to a MB port of a working computer and copied to another drive.

The clicking sound is usually a mechanical problem and the freezer trick is my only suggestion for a mechanical problem.

Of course, there's always a possibility that this could FUBAR the drive for any professional recovery service.

I've heard that professional services start at 500.00 and go up from there as more data is recovered.

Good Luck!