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If there is no option left then try your refrigerator. You prolly never heard of it but it works. I tried it with my friends HDD about 8 months ago and his drive is still working with out any problems.
Put the HD in the freezer. After 8 to 10 hours remove it and let it thaw for one or two hours in room temperature. Install it in your pc and see if the bios recognises it.
Good Luck!
oh, and dont forget to wrape it in a plastic bag before you put it in freezer.
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^ that is “THE MOST” bizzare thing that I ever heard … 
… man o man !
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^ hell yeah, but it worked. :D
I actually read it in this pdf file "200 Ways to revive a Hard Disk" (google it) i got from internet. There were more funny things written in it.
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That’s unheard of. I found the pdf for sale on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000092Q0L/102-1967997-0876909?v=glance
I also found this article on TechRepublic (dunnot if its the same, but it seems to be live):
http://techrepublic.com.com/5102-6255-5029761.html
Have to try this out tonight.
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after reading your reply, I can’t stop laughing, I am not sure anymore if we are discussing hdd or chicken here 
omg, orite I will try this too thanx buddy. I gotta tell this to all the tech ppl around me, I am sure they will love this idea.
seriously, Thanx man 
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^ hahaha heres a Hard Disk with some Nutrition Facts and Some Ground Beef. 
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Now that’s what I’m about, a chilled mug for the hard-drive project!!! 
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okay u r on ignore too
Zero1 very funny
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PD, the hard disk might have died because of power surge or a controller problem which is sending some bizzare signals, check that before you plugin new drive. It might be that the controller does not support that (since you mentioned you have old computer)
IF your Hard disk is making noise here is what I do
1. Tap it with your hand lightly, that will position heads back to normal
2. Plug it to Power only and keep it connecting disconnecting couple of times
and then let it connected for a while.
If that will not work then there is no use of reformatting as you will continue to receive bad CRC errors and keep on losing data on it.
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PeeDeee, zero1 is actually right. You should try that too. It might even work. I have also heard about this putting HDD in the freezer, and it actually worked. I never tried myself though..
(Allah kissi jo yeh din na dikhaye) 
(:D)
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keep em coming guys, cuz i m planning to try all of em out. I am sure one of you will outsmart the other person's idea. And, soon I will have all my data back with my shweet hdd.
nos, shush :p you don't know anything.
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next time u buy HDD , make sure u buy western digital (WD) product hdd, i recommend it more then maxtor
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Western Digital hd's crash too. Did you read the whole thread?
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Piddy: Whats more important to you? The data in the HDD or the HDD itself? If you just want to recover the data then what you need is a HDD diagnostic/forensic type tupperware. Lets see what I can do.
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Lol, tupperwarez. Hahahaha
Oye u cheater watery u!!
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hahaha that was quite original Tofi, i thought I had heard all euphemism for warez :D
Tupperware © 2005 Tofibaba
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tofi and punjabi don't confuse me with ur inside jokes :( or fill me in!
