I don't recommend this, but...

When the drive on my notebook died, I opened the drive up while holding my breath and spun the spindle manually (inserted allen wrench on spindle hub and turned) to loosen it. Then, I popped the drive in my PC using an adapter but only connected it as the interface was looking for attached drives. If I plugged it in prior, it wouldn't have enough juice to spin the drive again. I was able to run the drive for 20 minute intervals before it would get too hot and wouldn't spin again.

I only opened the drive that one time.

Again, I don't recommend this, but it was a last resort to salvage data.