Have not tried spinrite, although I've heard of it. I've used Data Rescue before, and that's worked ok. I just need to get her ~/Library folder; it would be nice to grab photos, too, but at least I have those elsewhere (otherwise I'd be freaking out a whole lot more.)
Does Spinrite work with disks that are making that clack clack clack noise? I couldn't even get the system to recongize there was a disk, although MacOS seems to have a higher bar for that than Linux, for example. I really only tried once, and the stuck it back in the freezer. I suspect I'll be trying a bunch of stuff tomorrow at work, with the available towers and time.
