[header] How to get your data back on a clicking dead hard drive [title] Don't go for a data recovery software, it will be of no use. [step] You will need to fix the problem first before you can move on to a soft solution. You might need some expensive hardware and tools, but it is also possible to do it sometimes with simple tricks; it depends on what happened. 
[title] Be aware that the clicking noise occurs when the system area cannot be read by the head of the hard drive. [step] There are four different reasons why the sa cannot be read : [substeps] The head has a problem thus cannot read anything.