This is only my attempt to save at least one person from a mistake I'm sure we
have all made at some point,..NOT BACKING UP YOUR WORK!
It's a lesson I 've been taught more than once, so I thought it would be good to
promote a little awareness.
Back up your work to a separate drive...NOW please!. If you value your work there is no reason to wait.
Well, there is the advice. Now for the help part.
My hard drive died and I lost every single thing I've worked on since I
installed the drive about three months ago. What's really sad is that I just
got around to reinstalling the software for my DVD burner and planned to back
up everything later that evening. There is just no excuse for waiting.

When I boot with that drive, I get, Error auto-detecting drive 0.
I've tried a new ribbon cable,different power supply connection and a new jumper on the drive. The only options I see in bios is Auto or Off.
I tried booting with SpinRite in hopes that it might see the drive, but it didn't.
The drive doesn't appear to be spinning up properly. I have considered buying another drive like it and changing the logic board. Is there something else I can try?

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Chris