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It would be nice to have my data back, but its not crucial in any way..

My expertise is in computer forensics, if there was any way to get a
bios to recognise my harddrive, I could then recover what i need, as
the two files I am after are each less than 25kb in size. Is it
possible at all to repair or replace the arm and heads, or transfer the
platters to a different drive?

At this point I doubt anyone can repair it anywhere. If you can find a truly
identical drive a recovery service may be able to help, but think $400 as
the sort of price you will pay.

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