I couldn't go very long on this blog without mentioning The Ultimate Boot CD 4 Windows (UBCD4Win). I have used it to rescue many a computer that would not boot. I have used utilities included on the cd to rescue files from an "unreadable" hdd. Just the other day I copied a client's files from a notebook hard drive that had gone bonkers when a thermal shutdown from a dust bunny clogged heat sink interrupted a disk write. I used the "Testdisk" utility included in UBCD4Win after booting from a USB flash drive with UBCD4Win on it.
The UBCD4Win site has a complete "how to" guide.
Warning! This is a somewhat involved process due to copyright law. Go to the UBCD4Win site and check out the home page to see if you feel up to it.
There are additional guides, such as how to build a bootable USB flash drive with UBCD4Win on it, in the forum links on the site.
By the way, you can donate to the site using PayPal to help with the project and server expenses.
Have fun!
G2C2
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