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Old 02-12-2010   #4
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Remove the circuit board off the top of the hard drive. Its usually just 4 screws (some weird type though, but you can remove them with a nail clipper by grabbing from inside and from outside the screw with the clipper and then twisting it).

Once you remove the board, look under it. Theres usually some metal contacts in there to connect the hard drive to its circuit board. Get some fine steel wool and make them shine, both on the hard drive and on the circuit board. Blow every residue of steel wool from the drive and the board, put the board back on the drive and the drive back on your PC. See if it detects. If yes, your data won't show, and Windows will tell you to format the drive. Post here again if you get to that point.
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