Immediate shutdown after booting (after HD recognized at post)

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I have a 160GB Maxtor IDE drive that I was temporarily using as a main disk and today while online my computer suddenly shut down (I've been using this drive for about 2 weeks, owned it for nearly 4 years now).

Naturally I tried to restart my computer and at the post screen, right around when all storage devices are listed, the drive is listed and...shutdown. I disconnect everything, restart and...shutdown. I disconnect the drive the system presumably gets past post (the monitor wasn't connected at this point) and the familiar beeps signifying no operating system are heard.

My question is this: What can I do to temporarily get the drive recognized to copy some data over? (my GF saved some critical files on the disk and she needs them quickly). I don't really care about anything else on there or even the disk itself, but I just need it working stably for a few hours.

EDIT:

Now the system is doing it without the drive installed...interesting. I've basically had the same configuration for 2 years (without the 160GB drive of course). It's the main rig in my signature.
 
First off, get some new HDDs. You're gonna need two. One to use, and one for a back-up.
Any "Boot CD" should allow you to operate your machine with only the CD/DVD player and a little RAM.
Go get Ultimate Boot CD, or Barts PE, and learn how to use 'um.
Either one should allow you to copy your lost files on a different HD.
If neither of these fixes "recognize" your drive, your problem should be escelated to a level two! :D
 
An update is in order:

I disconnected the drive and installed it in my server and am now copying the a disk image I made last week over. The drive itself works apparently. I suspected it was the problem due to an earlier issue I had with it a year ago.

Problem (re: the drive at least) is solved, however, it has revealed a new issue...whenever I connect ANY harddisk to the motherboard in my main system, the computer shuts down completely immediately after recognizing the drive. It won't even get into the windows loading screen with any drive I attempt to connect.

Without drives connected it gives me the post screen and then the "OS not installed" message, but it's shutdown city when drives are installed.
 
Finally totally resolved the problem. My PSU was crapping out.

Replaced it and no more sudden shutdowns.
 
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