And if THAT fails to work, I have recovered data from 5 drives that failed to boot by taking it apart and MANUALLY spinning the disks to get them rolling, once the initial inertia is overcome, they work fine... No idea how long, I just ran them long enough to do a ghost and then promptly threw them away. It works better if you have them spinning BEFORE power is applied. And don't forget, they spin COUNTER clockwise. Oh, and take care not to touch the drive platters themselves. They are exceedingly sensitive. (although the outer .5 mils or so is safe as no data is stored there. )

I know I know, it sounds really goofy, but I swear, I've done it 5 times b4, and only 1 failed to recover data properly.

Mason