[dennisw]

If the computer BIOS recognizes the drive then it very likley is not a hardware failure.

Try GetDataBack to recover the data.
http://www.runtime.org/gdb.htm
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Thanks. Am trying get back right now. Hard drive does show up on bios and diagnostic utilities said it was in good shape.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks. Am trying get back right now. Hard drive does show up on bios and diagnostic utilities said it was in good shape.

Keep all your helpers posted on whether this works, if Bios sees the drive it must be a "software" problem.

[e_castillo]

If the computer BIOS recognizes the drive then it very likley is not a hardware failure.

Make sure that the BIOS is using the correct paramaters for your drive. Since we don't know if the computer is "fully" compatible with your drive then it could be possible that it won't see the full capacity of the drive.

If the drive needed whats called a "drive overlay" then this could also be your problem. Some Virus write themselves into the boot sector and move the overlay when they write. If the overlay was moved then you won't see the partitions or data and it won't boot.