i bought a usb cable that i can use to connect any 2.5" laptop drive or 3.5" ide drive to any other machine as removable storage

might be worth trying that, but if that doesnt work, its become damaged somehow. You havent knocked it in any way have you, the slightest knock can render them useless.

If it has ur kid on from 2 yrs ago also from when he was born, its an expensive lesson to be learnt, and i bet you wont do it again!

10 gig worth of pics, that a fuck off lot of pics