T400 hard drive boot failure

I have a aT400 whose hard drive is no longer recognized on startup.  I have not been able to figure out any way to get into it, even to try to access the D of F partitions to try to restore/repair.
When the computer tries to boot, I get:
File:  \Boot\BCD
Status:  0xc00000e9
Info: An unexpected I/O error has occurred.
If I plug the hard drive into another computer using a USBZ cable adapter (Apricorn), I can see all of the partitions - C, D and F. If I try to open the C drive, it says that I cannot use it until I format it.
I have tried to copy the files off of the D and F drives onto an 8 Gb USB drive, but it will not copy either recov.wim or winre.wim.  I have tried zipping them and extracting to another drive (both my hard drive and the USB drive), but the file sizes don't match - not even close.
Does anyone know if there is a way to create a bootable drive on the USB drive that I can plug into the "broken" laptop with the hard drive reinstalled, and attempt to repair it? Or, is there a way to access the D partitions that I do not know?  (Trying to reset the boot order does not work... it does not see either the D or F partitions.)
There is some data on here that I would like to try to pull off that wasn't backed up properly, and I would reinstall Windows after if I can get to the Document file first...
Any and all help appreciated!!!
Thanks!  - Bob
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Run chkdsk to verify errors. Another thing you can do is download Hiren't Boot CD to test completely your hard drive.
Best regards.
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