External hard drive error [H]ELP!

[c1001]

I cannot access the data on my Buslink USB 2.0 external hard drive. My computer (Windows XP Home) cannot access it. In the Device Manager I get the following error:

"This device cannot start. (Code 10)".

The unit is powering up and I hear the disk spinning. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the device and have tried installing new drivers, but I still get the same error.

Any ideas? If the disk is inop, any ideas on how to save the data? All my family photos are on this hard drive.

 

[c1001]

bump?

 

[gerbiaNem]

You can try posting here for a reply, I tried posting a very similar problem a few days ago and ended bumping it to hell. The only advice I can give you is to try a program called getDataback for NTFS, it let me see my files. Also try putting the drive on an actually motherboard and testing it.