With that and another drive in but not booting up in Windows there is a way to see if the drive can still be read from if the heads are still working to some degree. You simply boot up with a live Linux distro from the optical drive if you can and open a temp folder you prepare ahead of time and see if you can browse the one now apparently doa if possible.
The usual recommendation when considering using a pro service is to simply let the drive sit to prevent further damage since they will open up the drive's casing and take each platter by itself to see what can recovered. But without the expense and simply trying it yourself before abandoning all hope ubuntu 7.10's live version saw this when tried with two known working drives note.
