How do I recover a corrupt PSD file?

My last save of a 1.5GB PSD file went without a hitch. Routine save, as I always do before closing Photoshop (using CTRL-S). The save was not interrupted in any way, nor did it behave differently than it did the previous 100 times I saved this particular file.
However, upon reloading, now the progress bar stalls at appx. 30% before the thing gives me a disk error.
I have 600GB and 700GB free on both of my hard drives, so disk space is not the problem.
I tried loading the file with both Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 64-bit Edition. Both produce the same results. Disk error.
Rebooting did not change anything.
I tried copying the file to another location, but I get a "Cannot read from source disk" error.
But it's there, seemingly full size, with two weeks worth of work in it.
I ran a Google search for PSD recovery tools, and there are several commercial products claiming to be able to help. But I wanted to know if Adobe provided one first, then if anyone ever tried any of the other tools out there and saw it actually work.
Thanks!

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mjyeager wrote:
I'd really feel more comfortable using Windows 7 repair tools at this juncture, before anything else.
I mean, these are all "Bad Block" disk errors. What's the worst that can happen?
What non-Windows repair tools have I advised you to use? I suggested a full System Image backup, using Windows Backup.
It's not a software problem, it's a confirmed hardware failure. Software repair tools will not fix it. This is experience talking.
The worst that can happen is that the drive will fail completely and you will lose all your data. And yes, even Caviar Black drives do fail.
If something under the hood of your car goes boom and you lose power, do you just floor it to maintain speed so that you can keep driving? No. You stop immediately, to take the stress off your engine so that you don't compound the problem. Something like a CHKDSK /R would exercise heck out of your drive - the very thing that's failing. Is that really what you want?
-Noel

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