Mark Rode wrote:
>What your describing doesn't sound good...... try changing the power supply
>cable and maybe replacing the ribbon cable. 

Steve Beck wrote:
>the ide cable may be defective.  Try using a new cable, 

jack payton wrote:
>Some HD mfgrs have software available to try getting data of a failed HD.

John Chin wrote:
>I agree with Mark. However, I would also recommend that you start from
>scratch and reinstall the drive on its own IDE Channel, using the 80 wire,
>specially insulated ATA66/100 cable that came with the DiamondMax

David Teitelbaum wrote:
>This sounds weird but i have a friend technician that swears by it.
>Put the drive in the freezer for a short while and than try it again?!

Thanks to all for the above suggestions.  I took the drive out and put it in another computer.  Replaced the 80 wire ATA66/100 cable and used another power supply.  I even put the drive in the freezer but I still get the clicking sound and it is not recognized on boot up.  So it's off to Maxtor for a replacement but unfortunately my data has gone to data heaven.  I've learned a valuable lesson!

Marilyn

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