HELP - MUSIC PRODUCER GSOD last BU was 2 months ago!!

Hi Anyone,
I am in a bit of hot water, my last backup wasent since we moved premises 2 months ago. Since then we I have created all whole new sound and am at risk of loosing it.
I have the grey sceen of death and have repaired the disk multiple times through the Disk Utilities screen and to no avail, I really need some ideas on how to back up (if possible) my iMAC before I do a OS reinstall from the GSOD or from the Disk Utilities window.
Thanks for any help with this
Cheers
Chris Form Vic

You didn't mention which model iMac you have. It's always better to provide too much information because there might be an important clue.
I suggest using the Target Disk Mode feature to mount your iMac's hard drive on another system long enough to back up your important data. For more info refer to:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Thunderbolt/10.6/en/8443.html
There are also disk recovery programs like Disk Warrior which may be useful depending on the condition of your hard drive.
If you are unable to recover the data yourself you can always turn to third party data recovery companies like Drive Savers. Just google data recovery service for additional options.
Good luck with your recovery.
One last thing... Be sure to set up a back up routine. I learned the hard way about the importance of regularily backing up data.

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