Day 73 of my 365 project.
Believe it or not, I was still able to pull the data off of this drive even though the disk itself was not being seen by the OS. I used a utility called SpinRite by GRC and recovered some very important work data.
[I put the original size up so you can see the damage more closely here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/labellephoto/5527980308/sizes/o/in/photostream/]
Strobist info:
AlienBee B400 @ full power camera right, through a large soft box.
LumoPro LP120 @ full power bare on the white construction paper background.
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
Pocket Wizard Plus II’s