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Originally Posted by budwieser
What software was that then mate?
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A program called GetDataBack:
http://www.runtime.org/gdb.htm
I downloaded the program, and tried it to see what it would recover. When it showed me the files I wanted (i.e. it recovered everything I could think of PLUS a few deleted files as well!) I decided it was worth paying.
If there are only one or two files you want, then the free download potentially gives you access for free, but any more than that and you'll want the registered version.
Of course, this ONLY works if the file system is damaged - if the drive won't spin up or is physically damaged, then I can't imagine it'll do much good. I do have a drive which is giving read errors that I'm going to try, but the projected recovery time was in the region of 18 hours, so haven't tried that yet, as I'm not too confident of success in that case.