Drive Failure – Suggestions

I am slowly getting through the 200 ways to revive document but mine problem is a little different.

My drive doesn’t detect with the BIOS, auto or manual. I have tried it in a couple of machines and with different jumper settings (master, slave).

It was working perfectly. I shut down and swapped the mobo and when I restarted the drive was dead. The main drive was fine.

I have managed to get a second drive exactly the same and swapped boards. Then neither worked. It sounds like it spins up and the LED on the logic board flashes.

All I need is to get the data off.

Any suggestions from here without sending it away and spending a fortune. After all if I could afford that I could have afforded a drive for backup.

Regards, James