[eluser]Milos Dakic[/eluser]
As Nick said, removing the platters from the drive is only going to cause more problems. What drive are you using? And what model? I'll ask at work as the guys know their stuff =)
Edit:
Well if the drive is under warranty most manufacturers will try and do data recovery on the drive before giving up on it. And sine they would have better equipment then you or me =P. If its still spinning, they won't have too much problem to get about 50+% if not more data off it. I've been around cases where the drive was not spinning and they still got 100% of the data off it. I'm sure your drive is in safe hands. =)
