I have a Barracuda 7200.7 160Gb hdd that has failed. The drive spins up and does not make any abnormal noises to my ear...a click or two at start up and then a smooth sounding operation. The drive does not show up in the bios nor can I get mhdd to show me any information. The only valuable data on the drive would be pictures files. I know enough to know that I have reached my limit of expertise. Any advise or follow up questions to lead me further to a solution would be greatly appreciated.

The drive is not mine but I do know that the computer exhibited a bsod and the drive was never functional again. While this is relatively unhelpful, I do know that the failure occurred while the computer was operating. There are no burn marks or visual damage to the pcb board that I can tell. I have a donor drive available (same model,p/n,firmware, and sitecode) but am reluctant to open either drive up until I've evaluated the cost of having a competent person tell me what it might cost me to recover these pictures. I would prefer to not make this drive my DIY learning experience gone bad. I am located in Ohio, U.S.A.

Failed Drive info:
ST3160021A
P/N 9W2001-050
Firmware 3.04
Date Code 04262
Site Code WU

I have ST3120026A (120GB) not sure it's close enough to yours

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