maxtor 160gb 30% unreadable need help to retrieve data

[M0RBI0US]

Please help my 160gb maxtor drive has failed and in windows CHKDSK about 30% of sectors show as unreadable the disk contains all the family photo's so the data is valuable....

i have run diagnostic software and they either fail or it says it would take 1000's of hrs to complete repair cycle
also drive reports temp of over 80 deg c even when cold
so i think my best option is to copy everything to a new drive which i have and then try the repair
can someone recomend software that would copy as best it could the whole drive to another without stopping on errors
i need to get it right first time as i am thinking of freezing the drive
i have looked on google and cant find anything that fits my needs...!
so i thought i would ask the experts (thats you )
Thanks in advance for any replies
Rob Morby
(MorbiouS)

[pclab]

The best thing is to image the drive immediately to a new one, an then try to recover the data.
Or send it to someone that can do that.
The more you mess with it, the worst you can do.

[M0RBI0US]

i have just run the diagnostic's thats it now it is disconnected untill i fnd a suitable program to image the drive can you suggest any software ...?

i dont want to start anything unless i know the software will image the drive without stopping on the unreadable sectors

all help appreciated

[M0RBI0US]

sorry i have started a new thread under the correct part of the forum but will check back here still forum
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