hard disk crash

hi you all out there,

one of my hd's crashed completely for unknown reasons. i tried several solutions without any result. knoppix 5.0 recognized the partition with data (/dev/hda1) but refuses to mount it: 'i could not determine the filesystem etc. etc. '

the debian etch network installer (rescue and rescuegui) speaks of 'incorrectable errors' on [ a series ] of hd blocks. mounting /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/partx is refused.

a 'normal' boot of the machine (with which i started) stops dead at /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro
error 25 disk read error press any key to continue....

gpart stopped dead analyzing the disk.

somebody out there who can give me a helping hand to repair somehow the hd or point me to a method/way or program to rescue at least my holiday-photographs from france i put on the hd two hours before the crash...?

any help much appreciated!

regards,

steef


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