getting info off of a dead HD

pay for a copy of spinrite.

I’m serious.

It will chug along and recover data in almost all cases.

http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm

If it doesn’t work just email the guys and tell them you want a refund, and you will get it.

The last time i did a spinrite recovery, it took 3 soild days for the program to get all the data but it did.