Hi guys, Thanks for the suggestions. I got a USB enclosure for the drive, and Linux running off a liveCD - the drive isn't detected at all. I have yet to try it on a Windows computer, but will do that tomorrow. I'm happy to try Hiren's CD if the Toshiba utility on it will help, but I'm sceptical about it detecting the drive at all with my current setup. Do you think that plugging it into one of the extra SATA ports on a desktop, instead of into a USB port, would help? I don't have access to a desktop right now unfortunately, but I'd still like to hear your opinions. I might be able to use a friend's desktop sometime in the next few weeks. By the way, the drive does spin up, or does some approximation of spinning - I'd record the sound if I could, but I don't have a suitable microphone.