Toshiba Canvio 1TB USB 3.0 drive problem - turns on but won't read

[highlanderfil]

I've been using the drive without any problems until, in my infinite wisdom, I decided to plug it into my Pogoplug device today via a USB hub. That's when it all went pear-shaped - now the damned thing gets recognized in Windows 7's Device Manager as a hard drive, I hear the chime when Windows picks it up, but it won't spin, the status light stays on and it won't work. Disassembled it and tried it with a USB 2.0 enclosure - nothing. Thinking of hooking it up to the desktop but have no idea with what. Any idea what I can do? It's about three quarters full and I really don't want to lose all the data over something as silly as a broken file system which I can't rebuild for whatever reason.

 

[kbp]

I do think that the drive is not getting enough power from plugging it into one USB port. Mine plugs into two ports to supply enough power.

 

[highlanderfil]

I do think that the drive is not getting enough power from plugging it into one USB port. Mine plugs into two ports to supply enough power.

It used to work fine before. In any event, sadly it's a moot point as every remedy I've tried has failed. So I chucked what was left of it and another donor drive. Oh well.