the local cptr technician says that the media of my ext hard drive is not working,,,, so data can never be recovered

Aug 31 2011 11:21 PM

my external hard drive is "WD 320 GB",,,, once i connect it,,, it,s light gets on but the device is not detectable once i go into "my computer",,,, i've showed it to the technician at rawalpindi ( Pakistan),,,, he says there is problem with its media and data can never be recovered from it,,, please help me out