I'm I.T. Unleashed now remember?? I used to work I.T. Corporate.  I have to tools and Non-Destructive ways to recover.

Why would I want to do this for a complete stranger? Cause I've been through it too many times and if I can help I wil..

Well that sounds like a good deal...  I got to tell you that my trust function is on overdrive and smoking... 
There are a lot of passwords and other sensitive things in that crashed drive...( Unless I had already moved it over to my external drive)     The most missed of course is a lot of my new work for the last 1 1/2 to 2 years... Original Rhino and Bryce files plus images..   some JPGs, textures... and some old stuff . .  I never put banking business in my computer I always thought it to be a mistake to do that...  I was planning to make a paper copy of my passwords and delete the file..  but my backup drive takes a dive on me...

Two things.
I would like you to tell me, now that you know about the hardware inaccessibility of the drive, what steps are you planning to do...  Enclosures didn't work on this drive... btw..

the other is I got to ask Dell for more time with the drive... They plan to charge $90.00.. if I don't return it...

e-,mail me and lets talk.. okay..  where are you ?,.... I'm in NYC...

Thank you..

newhawks(at)full-moon.com

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