Dead HDD. Help requested

[checjb]

Hi all,

Well its finally happened. My first HDD failure. I've got a 120Gb Seagate Barracuda which is no longer being detected by my BIOS. It tries to spin up but nothing actually happens. Tried to install it using a USB2 external enclosure but just get error messages and othing in My Computer etc. There are ~5Gb of important data on there that I'd like to access. Any ideas how to resuscitate the beast?

Thanks

Chris

 

[checjb]

The drive is making sounds that (I assume) suggest it is trying to spin up, then it just makes a little electronic beep (seeking?) every second or so. That beep just goes on and on until I shut down the PC.
BTW the pc boots into windows OK with the dodgy drive connected.

I did look into data recovery but the cheapest quote I got a 120Gb disk was £249.99 and, frankly, the data just isn't worth that much.

 

[checjb]

Folks,

Thanks for your suggestions. In resaponse to michael baxter, the noises are slightly louder than the normal "head seek" noise but thats what they appear to be.
I have tried putting the thing in the freezer (10 hours) then connected it and booted up. Nothing. I ran it in every possible orientation, with every jumper setting, waited until it reached room temp again and repeated but nothing. I think I shall just have to resign myself to the inevitable.

C.