Shoutbox

Okay, here's the problem.

I accidentally plugged my laptop power supply into my external hard drive (320Gb Western Digital - NOT a MyBook) after getting the cables mixed up when I came home from Uni.  At first I didn't realise and the LED failed to come on when I pressed the power button......then after that it did come on, but the drive made no sound (as in a whirring sound of the hard-drive kicking in)

I took it apart and got the drive itself out and tried it in my computer where it wasn't detected either during start-up, or by Windows.  Out of interest I also tried another hard-drive in the external hard drive casing and that did start whirring.

Evidently I've damaged some part of the hard-drive, but what I'd like to know is if it's at all possible that the data is still in tact and that there'd be some way of getting it off.