How to force "mount sATA disk" in X.4.11

I have a disk that is probably dieing. This 2.5inch Mitsubichi 80Gb was the startup disk on a Macbook (10.4.11 HFS or HFS+ formatted). The disc is still turning and only "ticks" a few times (but since it begin "ticking", i strongly believe it's dieing anyway). I connected the disc to my G5 (internal) at the free SATA connector. Disc Utilty/DatarescueII/Techtool nor terminal (ls /Volumes) can recognise the disk.
So now i am wondering IF there is any other option to force the "mount" command, so he mounts whatever is sATA connector #2? I've read about a open source application "rEFIt", but this will run/work on intel macs only?
any help is welcome...
Message was edited by: maartenvr

So, I connected the HITACHI 2.5in disk to my laptop,using a SATA ICY BOX. I stored the disk a night in the freezer (in a sealed plastic bag). I can keep the disc cool with the Airco now.
I have DatarescueII, but it doesn't find an extra HD (other than the internal Macintosh HD of the macbookpro itself)
Any more suggestions?
I've readed about open source "rEFIt", but i'm not sure it can help me forcing the disc to mount. (edit: here's the source: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060718140450785)
Message was edited by: maartenvr

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