Unable to mount failing external HDD

[Sagasardiin]

I have a 1 Tb external hdd which is failing. When connected to a pc it makes the clicking noise for a while.
Hdd wont show up on gparted nor in Testdisk.
Force mounting with sudo mount and sudo ntfs-3g won't work either, I presume because i dont know the partion label or something something ...

Only data about the device i got was with lsusb

Bus 002 Device 010: ID 152d:2329 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20329 SATA Bridge
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x152d JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp.
idProduct 0x2329 JM20329 SATA Bridge
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 10 0123456
iProduct 11 Storagebird 35EV821
iSerial 3 000000000177
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 4 USB Mass Storage
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 2mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk-Only
iInterface 6 MSC Bulk-Only Transfer
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0001
Self Powered

Is there a way to mount the device and recovery any data ?

[Sagasardiin]

Could it make a difference if I pluged the hdd directly into a pc ?

[Crafty Kisses]

Clicking noise of a HD usually is a sign of drive failure, it could be the drive itself, what are the results of

nano /etc/fstab

[Mark Phelps]

IF it makes clicking sounds for a few seconds and then goes quiet, touch the drive to see if it is still running. I've had this happen, and when it did, the drive shut down. If that happens, the drive has a serious hardware fault and, apart from sending it to a recovery service and paying LOTS of money, it is not recoverable.

However, if it is still running after the clicking, if the drive was formatted using MS Windows filesystem(s), it may still be recoverable.

Need to get back to us on this.