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Thanks LMiller7 and jumanji. It was the most likely outcome. It is quite devastating actually, since I had pretty sensitive information there (financial and such) and I wouldn't trust any recovery company with it.
When I disassembled it to connect it via SATA I voided the warranty, so no luck that way either.
Now a few questions:
Do I have any way of knowing whether this is a circuit board problem, a platter problem or a header problem? I have some background in electronics and even though I will probably fail, I would try to do something about it anyway.
I'm guessing it's a board problem since the first thing I noticed was the lack of LED light it always has when it's connected. But I'm no expert.