Honestly I would throw it on your desk, plug the computer into a power bar stick a new cable in and turn it on, if it starts to smell like burning plastic turn it off (via power bar as to not danger...

try this,

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/advanced/ntfs.mspx

Hey guys,
I have been given the task of attempting to recover some data from a hard drive. This is what I know:

-The hd failed the READ test, READ VERIFY test, and Internal Cache test.

-When I...