Hi guys,

Thanks Slugs, I have the source material. Unfortunately its all on DVD and needs ripping again. Boo.

The freezing technique looks interesting, however, there is no power to the drive. The company I sent it to reckon that the heads have gone. I am going to try another company soon. Thanks for your offers of money. Not sure what to do about that yet.

By the way the drive is a Seagate Barracude 7200.10, 250 Gbytes.

I wonder if I could track down another of the same model and get someone to weave some magic.