Hard drive doesn't mount on Macbook Pro with Mavericks

Hello,
I have installed Mavericks on my Macbook Pro.
I was working on a doc file on Open Office when the computer froze.
Had to hard shut it down and when I turned it back on I got a screen with Disk utility menu proposing to restaure or to reinstall Mavericks. When I choose the second option it tells me that the hard drive is locked.
Took it of the computer and tried to access it from another one but it doesn't even mount. When I go to disk utility I only see the hidden partition and not the main one.
Any idea how to retrieve my data?
Many thanks.

Just how did you map to this drive in "drive window?" I can see the drive in a window I open when clicking on "TimeCapsule" in the navigation pane for the "TimeCapsule." [Follow?] I can even save a file to the hard drive in the TimCapsule, but my backups continue to fail with the message that the drive image cannot be created.
I've even tried erasing the hard drive using the AirPort utility (just updated the software). I can fast erase, but the full erase works forever without advancing the progress bar.
I think I have a hard dribe problem.
V/r,
HDW

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