you have not given too much information away about this drive and how it is attached to the iMac.
Are you saying that you get an error message when the drive is attached?
If so, what is it?
What capacity is it?
Does the drive spin up?
USB or Firewire?
What size is the Database?
What have you tried?
The fact that it does not mount on windows or OS X should give cause for alarm.
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Hi, I recently upgraded to an iMac with OSX. I took a hard drive that I used on my PC and moved it over to my mac. It worked fine for about 3 weeks, but 2 days ago quit working. It is no longer readable by either system now.
I have many photos (backed up to DVD) on there along with the database that I need.
It is formatted FAT.
Any suggestions on what to do and how to get my data off there?
Thanks.

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