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General idea is that if you've got a hard drive problem you should use it as little as possible before you attempt to recover data from it. Either you use it and the lost data is over-written and possibly lost, or the hard drive is just ready for mechanical failure and the next time you turn the computer on is the drive's last gasp.
Unplug the drive, plug in a new one set the computer up then start on recovering your lost data.
You can take the drive to a recovery specialist at huge cost. You can download recovery software at smaller cost and do it yourself.
And then it might not be a hard drive problem.
The way I look at it is that your data is more valuable than any hardware so work to convserve the data first.
Cheers
Simon
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