You can usually get a USB multi-adaptor from Maplin / Radio Shack (substitute local hobby electronics store)... or ebay... that has a usb cable / plug at one end and a little dongle with an array of diferent IDE / SATA etc. connectors on the other end... and, importantly for some drives, power...

...probably about $10 or so...

...can be pretty useful for drive recovery in my experience. Depending on what level the fault is at.

EDIT: Like this example