Dropped hard-drive -help!

alright so i have a 100gig internal hd in a usb case. i had it hooke dup to the computer and someone had knocked it off. now i imagine it took a hard fall, my mom told me she knocked it off when i got up. it seemed like it was all togher and it'll all be fine.....BUT

i plug it in and nothing. nothing nothing. not even reconized. my question is how can i get that information back out of the hd. i thought maybe it was just the usb case that had be broken, but i took the hd out and put it into my computer internaly, still no luck.

please i need to that hd was eveything...it school work - work work, lesuire fun stuff, music. everything. and if anyone can help it'd be greatly apperciated.

thanks - justin

Does it spin in your computer?

yeah loud noisy...ill try again tommorw and let you know what else it does.

If it is truly important to you - and money is no option...

Then do not put it in your computer again.

www.grc.com does "software" level harddrive recovery (lost files - stuff like that).

"hardware" level is probably much more expensive and difficult to come by.

alright thanks for the info, i checked out that spinrite 5. there was acopy at the office, looks confusing i read alittle bit but i dont think this is what i am aiming for. i am really begging to think that it's all just gone, and i have to move on. i heard hardware recovry is up in the 1000's of $$...it alright tho, thanks! - justin