Happened to me too 2 weeks ago. Two drives with "click of death" sound. One had system files and programs and the other had downloads from past couple of years. I kept intending to back-up to CD's, but got lazy. Anyway, connected the drives to another computer and copied the files a couple at time. And every once in awhile encounter the "click of death." Tapping the drive a couple of times will get the platters spinning again (at my previous job, I used to once in awhile whack Quantum drives in Compaqs to get the platters "unstuck" and spinning again). There were a few files I just couldn't recover, such as a fairy texture (wing? posette? vicky? wasn't sure). Gives me an idea of doing a render with a fairy. Yeah, one with a mischevious grin and holding a magnet and a hammer. :-O Wishing you good luck in recovering your files!!!