Quote - "I did all that except seeing if it was spinning up."

If results were no go, it could be a bad data cable, or the port on the motherboard - you can try another cable and switching to the other port (all my dinosaurs are the old IDE style, I assume SATA has two ports?). The quickest test is probably putting it in another machine if you have access to one. Conceivably, the heads could be stuck. I've read about putting a drive in a ZipLoc bag and putting it in the freezer overnight (cold contracts the metal parts) or tapping it GENTLY with a hammer, also holding it flat and twisting back and forth vigorously. Those are pretty much the last resorts I can think of.

A data recovery service can open the case in a clean room, take the platters out and mount them in a rig if necessary. I'm pretty sure they have a service to give you an estimated cost. Ontrack is one of the better known ones, though possibly not the cheapest. Depends on how much the data is worth to you.

I am going to try and see if it spinns up and I will also try(depending on results) the cold method.

The HD was working just fine...I had to restart the puter and when it booted back up the drive wasnt showing. So I dont think it just fried.

This is one thing I love about rendo though. I came looking for a rosary and may of found the a cure for my problem with my HD which will cure even bigger problem of ancient p4 stuff being recovered ^.^(which in turn cures my rosary problem lol)

 

I seriously want to thank every one for their advice on the HD. even if it may not help this HD issue I now have info that will help me in the future. :D

https://www.darkelegance.co.uk/

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