Thanks for your feedback Agent Smith... I wish I could send it to you....  I'd trust you with it..   The money is the problem... 

Does the old HD power up and spins?  Are you using FAT32 or NTFS?

• It is an NTFS...  and yes it does spin...  The physical 0 sector is not working..  the drive does not show up in the window's browser nor does it show up in those free recovery software I downloaded...  It was a "D" drive not my main drive...  It also does not show in an enclouse for drives..  the drive will not let you in..  it needs heavier application methods..

can it be saved?  yes. but it will be expensive...  It needs some heavy software know how... and even retriving raw data and putting the data into cohesive and readable form...  means time spent with it and time as you know is money...  I can not right now spend $500.00 + plus  on the spot for recovering a hard drive.. 
there is this recovery place (forgot the name)  that is willing to charge me $75.00 per hour..  the max they charge with out asking is $300.00..  4 hours of work..   I was told by other techs that it is the best price they have heard of...  They don't have a physical outlet store you can go to..  Someone comes to your home and picks up your drive..  and leaves with it to who knows where..   Does not sound like accountability is present...  

I got about two weeks before I have to send it back to Dell..  Next possible step is to find a way to destroy all my data..  any suggestions? lol..

Thank you for asking Death.. 

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