> Ta for the offer, at this stage all is OK (i.e. I have a spare hard 
> drive). It's
> getting the data across that is a pain, I have a three-week old backup but 
> I'd
> really like to recover the stuff I've done in the meantime. I'm working on 
> that.

With regard to the failed hard drive, do you know about the freezer trick?
It's worked for me a few times. After a drive has failed, sometimes you can 
get it to run for a short time more if you place it in the freezer for an 
hour (wrapped in polythene). Then take it out and connect it up immediately. 
If it runs make sure you're ready to copy data off. It won't normally run 
for very long, but possibly long enough to retrieve import data.

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