Traditional hard drives with moving components are the same today as when they were first created decades ago. Granted the storage capacities have increased tremendously compared to the days of a megabyte hard drive. You will even be hard pressed to find a 250GB hard drive retail today. Traditional hard drives will have the same hardware inside the casing. When first opening you will notice large metallic platters around a spindle. On top of the platters are a large arm actuator sits with micro heads on the tip of the actuator. Typically, these is the first place to look when hearing
hard drive clicking sounds. Opening a hard drive yourself is not recommended and calling a computer hard drive recovery professional is paramount.