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Hey for file recovery try testdisk (free from cgsecurity) as long as it's not completely hardware related it works wonders. take out the drive attach to external enclosure attach drive to laptop run testdisk go through the options pray
also the freezer trick kleinbl00 mentioned has fixed a few problems. Then remember the system admins zen mantra "If it is important it is backed it up, if it is unimportant I have lost nothing"