Repair and retrieval from 40 GB GIGA One external drive

My iMac doesn't recognise the external HD anymore. When connected by USB, it appears in disk utility but action to "verify and repair disc" results in following message:
**/dev/disk 1s1
** Phase 1 - Read FAT
** Phase 2 - Check Cluster chains
** Phase 3 - Checking Directories
Unable to read directory (input/output error)
Error. The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 non HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of error
Can anyone give advice on how to retrieve the data from this portable HD which has always worked well in the past when connected to my iMac. It contains the only copies of the photographs from our recent visit to Japan. Very many thanks. Alan P

Hey Alan,
Try using Data Rescue 3:
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
There are other applications but this is the one I use. If the drive spins up I've always been able to retrieve data on corrupted hard drives.
You can request a demo version then you can try to find your pictures and if you do you can download 5 MB for free. So if it works you can buy the full up version for $149 but I also see it online for as low as $81.
Richard

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