Hey there, I have a suggestion for the drive, it won't fix it, but it may let you retrieve the data off. I had this issue with a customer last week. Basically, she said the drive was working perfectly then all of the sudden, it wouldn't be recognized on any pc's. So I took and and plugged it into mine, nothing. While looking at it/inspecting it, I noticed the connector was just a little loose, so I plugged it back into the pc and put just a little bit of pressure left, right, down, then up and "whalla", the pc would recognize the drive and the light would work. So with one hand, I kept pressure on the drive in the "up" position and with the other hand, I mouse to the folded and copied everything to a folder on my desktop. The drive is still bad, but all the data is now retained. Not sure if this will help with your problem, but worked like a charm for me.

Good Luck!!

lol Sounds wacky. Will give it a try. Thanks

Edit: tried it doesn't seem to work for me im afraid but thanks for the input anyhow. The light dims but if I take it out and put back in again I get no response unless I leave it out for a while first.

Dang, was hoping that would work for you as it did for me... Sorry... Good luck!

Now the light has completely gone so I guess its gone for good, oh well