I have tried just about everything that I can think of, but my 14 month old, 160GB Western Digital drive just won't read. I tried the Western Digital diagnostics software, and it says that it failed the Read portion of the S.M.A.R.T. stuff. I tried scan disk, even a bunch of disk tools on one of the popular Ultimate Boot CDs, and still no go. I can see portions of the disk with a sector reader, but I really need something that will read whatever files it can from the drive and let me dump them to another drive. ANY hints would be great. I usually am able to get Norton Disk Doctor, or Scandisk, or some other readily available tool to work, but this one has me stumped.
All I want are some digital photos from Christmas, and our TurboTax files, so it isn't like I am looking to get everything off of the drive, and I realize that I may have limited success.
Thanks!
