Too many and none of them apply to home repair. This is one you send to:
http://www.drivesavers.com
This is not to sound cruel but the issue is well known, you could research it but if you ask that means you can't recover this hard drive. Sorry I can't blunt this any further. If you had the tools and skills you wouldn't be asking.
Bob
Issue:
Samsung IDE HDD 250GB Is spinning but the needle keeps going to the middle and back, over and over again ( i took it apart to see what could be wrong), But it's not mounting on any PC.
I used a Double USB > Micro USB cable. so it does have sufficient power. (the HDD is normally in a casing, which dropped yesterday and is probably causing the issue)
Does anyone have ay idea if i can make it work again, and what is causing the issue
If anyone is interested, i can upload a movie of the spinning HDD tonight so people can see what i mean.
Ty in Advance,

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