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I had that stuff in the past but it'll all be on optical discs and this doesn't have a CD drive, although I do still have an external drive so maybe. But the BIOS doesn't see it so I don't see how a linux boot cd would see it. I'm assuming it's very dead.
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Yeah, you're right, if the BIOS doesn't see the drive at all, Ubuntu won't see it either, if the BIOS is just failing to see it as a bootable drive, it might. I think Ubuntu is normally better at picking up dud drives than Windows is but if the Mobo isn't thinking it's connected, it won't pick it up.
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To me, a reseat/enclosure check would be the first step in going forward. If it works in an enclosure and not on your mobo then that's a whole different kettle of fish.
Sim1515
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You could use something like an Ubuntu Live which allows you to boot into Ubuntu using a CD or USB (no install). It's normally pretty good at mounting drives if they're readable. If the drive appears, you can have a look and see what's on it, you could mount an external drive and copy any data across, if it doesn't appear, it's probably dead.