[Closed] Computer help again, disc drive crash ???

As per a previous thread;

In short - computer crashed with a OS fault,

Solutions tried so far -

Coputer would not start in safe mode or any other mode.

Ran internal system restore function which reported no faults with hardware. Other option was to format back to factory settings I did not carry out.

XP disc kindly sent by STW member tried to run reapir option but not available. Read into this and it would appear that if Windows is so badly damaged option to repair is not available.

Next removed harddrive from laptop and installed in a caddy/enclosure. Hooked up to another computer this at this point was looking good. I then had access to D drive within my hard drive and could access all info. But C drive (where the info I need is) cannot be accessed and also shows a full quota of free space as if it has been formatted.

I have at no point carried out any sort of format on the drive.

So has my disc drive suffered a catastophic failure ? if so why is D drive still there/availale ?

Or am I not doing something correctly with the caddy containing my hard drive.

If this is the case and the drive is dead can data still be professionaly recovered ?

Any help greatly appreciated

Thanks
Rich