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If it's recognised by the BIOS, and by the OS, even if fleetingly, I reckon you're mostly ok.
Connecting it into a different machine, or using a LiveCD, means that you current OS is not trying to do anything fucky with a drive that it thinks should be doing something else - Who knows what it has configured to save / read there.
It could be a power problem on the drive PCB, which would mean a donor drive being needed, and that's a new level of expense and ballache, as you need one that is closely matched not just in model but also serial.
NotThamesWater
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You think that'd do it? AFAIK that's what our IT guy did and it showed the same behavior.
The same SATA and power cables work fine with another drive.