All the best slenny. May the force be with you during such a hard task.
Actually, this is the best time people can tell us of their experiences with HDD crashes, and what they have done to successfully retrieve 100% data (without much of the running around). I'm sure not everyone has a beautiful story to tell, but I'm guessing.. a decent number.
Shoot!
NOTE: The purpose, ofcourse, will be help for people who haven't yet have had a HDD crash. (Like me

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Dormant egghead.