Computer question

[ccCapt]

Since it's just a slave drive, I don't have any real important stuff on it. Only a couple hundred music albums (about 100 gb worth) I accumulated over the years I really would like to recover.
All is not lost yet...there is other software to try

[dskidmore]

Data recovery is a nasty business. If the software tools aren't working, then it's a hardware failure, and you're not likely to get the data back without spending huge amounts of money for someone to rebuild the drive.

There is one trick that works for some types of hardware failures. Put the drive in a ziplock bag, remove the air, and put it in the freezer. Next day, take it out and quick pop it in the machine and see if you can access it while it's cold. Don't bother with the fancy software in conjunction with this, it will either work or it won't.

The drive is probably dead beyond reasonably priced repair.

[cmor1701d]

Most drive die due to electrical failure. If its an IDE drive the controller is attached to the drive. There used to be places that would replace the board for around $40.00. I haven't heard of anyone doing that in sometime now. Data recovery services will use a new board to get your data off and charge a small fortune for it.

If it's not making horrible noise then it's probably not a hardware failure. If it is a bad circuit conection on the board the freezer trick may work.

Good luck.