(it just makes 5 clicking sounds then stops. Not recognized anymore in windows)

Send it to the drive recovery experts and set aside $2k. If the data is worth it.

If it is the controller, there is the remote possibility of replacing it with a disk exactly the same. There are recovery companies that for 500$ will do the work for you.

This is the time to make a really good backup and archive plan for your important data. Had this once and learned my lesson after that. Since then I have a raid nas with a constant sync of 2 PCs+the raid on the nas. An external HDD plus a usb stick. And an off site archive for the most important s...