Samsung HD502HI - Case or harddrive damage?

[haiyyu]

Hello.

Yesterday, as I was trying to connect my external harddrive (Samsung HD502HI, Case: Fantec MR-35US2), I noticed that it wouldn't show up on neither my Windows PC, nor on my Mac. The day before it had worked fine, and I had been transferring some data between my external and internal harddrive - without any problems of any kind. Neither did I drop the harddrive or the case, nor did I do anything else to it. I turned it off by pressing the button on the case - I did not remove the power supply if that should matter - and left it where it was and went to bed.

I've taken a closer look at the problem already and noticed that the fan still works when I press the power button on the case whilst having the harddrive in it. However, the harddrive itself does not make any sounds. No scratching, screeching or whatever damaged harddrives might sound like. During the whole process only the power LED of the case was glowing.

The data that is on the harddrive is not that important, however, I would still not want to lose it.
So my question is: From what I've described above, is there a way of telling if my harddrive is broken or if it is just the case?

Thanks in advance!

[pcimage]

Remove the hdd and connect to internal SATA.

[haiyyu]

Thanks for your reply, that was quick!

It might take me a while to do what you asked as I'm not really familiar with this stuff (I know what SATA and alike is, but I have no idea how to get power to the harddrive when it's not in the case).
Time to look through the FAQ again. I'll answer as soon as possible!

Edit: Hmm... seems like I don't have a SATA cable.

[loki]

Does your CD/DVD drive use SATA? If so you could use that to test.

Loki