Ultra ATA/66 drive in ATA/33 G4

My Gigabit Ethernet G4 power supply died. Installed replacement (ebay purchase) plugged computer in and "poof" small electrical pop and smell of smoke. Need to get machine going to copy drive. Since the power supply didn't work, I am wondering if I can remove the ATA/66 drive from this computer and install it in a Mirror Drive Door G4 which I believe is ATA/33. Will the drive run even though the speed is different or will the MDD G4 not recognize it?

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Was that because of the jumpers?
MDD's use Cable Select.
A drive must be jumped Cable Select, with the primary (Master) Drive on the end connector, and the secondary (Slave) drive on the middle connector.
The drive is clicking so I figure it is dead, but still the computer should have booted from the other drive.
A severely damaged drive may prevent a machine from booting.
Anyway, my next question, is anything recoverable from a clicking drive? Outrageous cost aside, can a recovery service actually salvage anything?
Maybe (with software) and Yes.
Try Data Rescue II.
About ten years ago I had Avid drives periodically go out and make noise but I could get them spinning or just bang them on the desk a few times and they would boot and work long enough to get the data off.
There is always the freezer trick:
http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data. html

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