First of all is it spinning?
yes
If it is, does it click?
no
What's the model number?
ST31000340AS you can see front and back here www.winterlight.org/ST31000340AS.pdf
There can be so many things wrong with it, it's not funny.
my best guess is the controller
Some of the fixes that were posted do work, but do these at your own risk. If you fail you only make it harder for a professional to recover your data.
This is mostly 70 plus percent backup of my DVDs so I am not doing any data recovery.
If the drive is a 7200.10 then the Firmware fix will not work.
I don't see how I could load the firmware anyway if no computer BIOS will see and mount the drive.
If the drive is a 7200.12, there is a different fix for the firmware. That one fix only works on 7200.11 style HD's (F3). Good luck,
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