Hard disk trouble

[JD]

On 09/03/2010 11:38 AM, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 10:03 -0700, JD wrote:
>> What does windoze say when you conect it to windoze?
>>
>>
> I got no windoz ;)
>
> I'll connect it to a windows machine someplace and check. I have a
> feeling the SATA to USB thing *may* be the culprit too.

Is there a PC with extra SATA port you can connect it to?

Today, a pcmcia card with 2 SATA ports is very inexpensive.

$8.24
http://cgi.ebay.com/PCMCIA-Serial-ATA-SATA-ESATA-Cradbus-Adapter-/390227497094?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5adb5f1086

$8.25
http://cgi.ebay.com/Inside-PCMCIA-eSATA-Serial-ATA-SATA-Card-Laptop-/120606281866?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c14b1d08a

If your slot is a pci-express slot, then

Dual esata ports pci-express card: $16.15
http://cgi.ebay.com/eSATA-e-SATA-2-Ports-PCMCIA-ExpressCard-Express-Card-/170226889578?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item27a250336a

Even if the drive proves to be dead, it could very well be still under 
warranty.
Who is the manufacturer?