Rob wrote:
if the drive is unreadable with any other tools.....

try this

works.. 90% of the time

depends what the failure mode is.

freeze the *******.. overnight

If you must give this advice at least tell people to put the HDD
in a plastic bag before putting it in the freezer.

get ghost.. made by symantec.. a hard drive cloning utility


install the dead hard drive back.. boot up with ghost, and let the
cloning begins!

Using this method you may have limited time until it heats up and
stops working again.

It might be quicker to get important files off it instead of cloning
the entire drive.

--
Mike