Trying to retrieve data from a dead computer.

The computer is a 1.25Ghz PowerBook G4 (about 5 years old) running 10.3.9.
The computer crashed and will not start. It reaches the apple logo with the rotating meter, but will then sit there pretty much as long as I'm willing to wait (more than an hour at least).
The last time this happened I used disk utility on the restore disk to repair the permissions, which solved the problem. However, this time it hasn't. The permissions were repaired successfully, but the computer still will not start. I then tried running the disk verify and found several errors, however, when running the disk repair, it immediately hits an error and stops. Now it won't even verify the disk without getting an error.
Next I tried just reinstalling the system software (without erasing the disk). It completes the disk verify, but then errors right at the start of the install.
I would be willing to just erase the disk, but my wife has pics of our daughter on the computer that haven't been backed up yet and she doesn't want to lose them.
I have tried using the Target Disk option, but the PowerBook's HD took about 5 minutes to mount and then I was not able to read anything from it. The computer I connected to just sat there "thinking" for about 15 minutes. I'm guessing the PowerBook crashed because the Firewire symbol stopped floating on the screen as soon the disk mounted. I tried it twice with the same result.
I have also tried installing the system software to both USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 external hard drives and the installer tells me it cannot install to that drive.
The computer does suffer from a fried RAM slot (occured about 2.5 years ago and it has never been as stable since) and a fried logic board fan.
Anyhow, then question is, is there anything else I can try? Is the Hard Drive fried? Can the data be retrieved without advanced super computers and a multi-million dollar budget?
Thanks

hobbie2k:
I suspect the the internal HDD of your PowerBook G4 has died. The average life of these drives is 3 to 5 years, so you got about as much from it as you could reasonably expect. A new HDD should revive the computer.
As to the files you are trying to retrieve, if you plan to replace the HDD, you can place it in an external firewire enclosure after it has been removed and connect it to a working computer, download a demo version of DataRescue II, mentioned by Limnos, and see if any of the files you want to rescue are visible. If you see them you will have to purchase the license to be able to complete the process. Dr. Smoke's FAQ Data Recovery is a good resource for this procedure.
cornelius

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Try to print the value in List...n comment the request.setAttribute...n then run the program....
check wot value is printed in List....
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Retrieve data from LONG data types

Hi,
I am trying to retrieve data from LONG data types with following query.
select * from all_views where upper(text) like '%TABLE_NAME%';
In above query text column has long datatype. This query works for varchar, but it returns an error for long.
How can I modify the query so that it returns data from text column.
Thanks in advance,
Aditya

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BEGIN
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END;
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