macStuff,
Don't use Norton or any other 'repair' utility at this stage, it might make matters worse and make your drive unrecoverable.
I have a suspicion that it has something to do with driver, SCSI Manager etc. (It's been a long time since my last SCSI troubleshooting).
does anyone know of any software that can image my scsi drive's RAW data regardless of partition table ?
Yes, FWB Hard Disk Toolkit. I think version 4.0 or 4.5 should work with your OS. But let's start with the drive first.
Is it _properly_ terminated? If the answer is yes, install HDT and read the manual how to use it first (!) Seriously.
Then use the app from the package called 'FWB configure' and try to determine if the drive is OK. Consult manual how to use it. If the drive is OK, run HDT and make a 'device copy to file' (or something like that).
If possible (I don't remember details here), try NOT to update/permanently install the FWB driver at this stage. If FWB insists, back off and try to find the ATTO ExpressProTools (2.3.2?) to mount the drive. The difference between ATTO and FWB was, if I remember correctly, that ATTO only installed temporary driver, without updating the existing one.