Knocked over external hard drive, now it's not being detected by Windows

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As title. I was stupid enough to know over my external USB Toshiba hard drive. Since, it's not being detected by Windows. I've unplugged it, restarted, etc. But to no avail. Is there any way to see if it's damaged? Or shall I just chuck it in the skip now? :(
 
It's a rather large Toshiba 300GB job. I'm not sure about the warranty, but a lot of the information is very important, and I wouldn't be able to do without it. Even if they would RMA it.

Thanks guys. :)
 
Ok, I've got the enclosure off. I have a rather strange problem now. Some help with this one would REALLY be appreciated.

First of all, I just want to point out that there aren't any jumpers on the drive itself. So this could be the source of the problem itself.

diskmanagerwg9.jpg


Basically, as you can see, "Disk 1" is the external hard drive now inside the computer. But it's not showing up in My Computer, and it doesn't have a drive letter assigned. And apparently, all the space is free on the drive? :/

A bit mashed up to say the least.

Can anyone help me? If so, thankyou VERY much.
 
Everything that appears when I right click is greyed out, bar 'Delete Partition' and 'Help'. :(

Thanks for the post though. :)
 
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