On 19 Oct 2005 07:40:14 -0700, "Pete"
wrote:

My hard disk has failed. It makes a strange clicking noise and is no
longer recognised by the BIOS. Does anyone have any advice about what
I could do to get back the data on the drive?

Thanks
Pete

Well people are going to tell the freezer trick. You put it in a bag
and then in the freezer for a while. The cold supposedly lets some
failed HDs work loing enough to get some data off. Dont think its
"fixed " though some posts claimed it did actually work a long time
after that most people it seems their disk failed again very quickly.
Some people try the freezer trick multiple times until it no longer
works.

Others include some sort of shock. Dropping it. bumping it. Obviously
thats really the last resort as that could damage it even more.