HDD doesn't mount and doesn't repair

Hello support,
I am in big trouble I think:
My second internal HDD doesn't mount and is useless right now.
I did data recovery with Techtool onto an external drive and first of all everything looked good because the files were produced with their right sixes. When it was all done though, opening one of those files produced the line: "document could not be read. the document does not have a valid format".
Do you have any advice to give me?
Thank you

Hi danpa, and a warm welcome to the forums!
There' another you might try too, FileSalvage is an extremely powerful Macintosh application for exploring and recovering deleted files from a drive or volume. FileSalvage is designed to restore files that have:
   * been accidentally deleted.
   * become unreadable due to media faults.
   * been stored on a drive before it was re-initialized/formatted.
http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?mainpage=product_info&productsid=1
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11073082#11073082
And of course I'd be Remiss if I didn't mention DiskWarrior though, and it's Scavenge function.
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/
BTW, you might enjoy these DiskWarrior review/recommendations...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9645801&#9645801
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