More than likely the heads were stuck on the platters and when it was forced off, one of the heads snapped. I guess you opened the drive outside a clean room and now comtaminated the inside of the drive with the outside air.
Hard drives are a one shot deal, you eather know what you are doing and take the lid off, or you loose it in one go.
I'm sorry to say that it looks like the drive will not be cheep to fix, and could cost 1,000's to repair. You should have kept backups. The only thing you can do is save up money, but I think its a lost cause from what you described as the head will be stuck to the disk and the disk would be scratched and damaged when it was powered back up. Its not a CD, a hard drive is far more delicate than that...
Shane
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