Ok, what happened is before i could read the recent posts on this thread, i fixed my old 200gb and installed windows on that. Once i got that working i put my 250gb (it has all my stuff) hardrive in as a secondary hardrive, i tryed to open it, it didnt work, i think it said could not read image or somthing. I hadent backed up my pics and movies so i need that hardrive working so im wondering if there is some software to help retrieve stuff off the 250gb or should i try and repair it by booting off the comp with windows cd (which is what you guys have been recommending), or should i take it to a shop and pay to get them to get stuff off it, then use the warranty to get a new hd.