Windows XP Home unable to boot on Satellite P30

Hello
I've been using WinXP-H on a (7yr-old) Satellite P30.
The screen died a while back so I've been using an external monitor, but that's an issue for another time.
A few days ago Windows was updating. After about 4hours, it restarted by itself - not sure if it finished updating as I was away from my desk. Windows didn't boot, just hung on the black WinXp start screen.
I turned it off with the power button, left it for a while and tried to reboot. The first few times I was able to reach the 'Safe Mode, Last Known Good Config etc' screen with F8, but it only got to Windows once, where it froze.
Now on startup, only the F2 & F12 buttons work (for blue BIOS screen and Boot options). Trying to boot from the HD results in some not normal clicking noises then the "a disk error occurred. CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart" message. I tried using the Toshiba Recovery Disk, but it seems that'll wipe the files left on the HD, even if it manages to reinstall Windows.
I'd backed up most of my files, but there are some I hadn't managed to yet, so would like to try to keep them. From the forums it seems there are several possible solutions:
1. Boot from the Toshiba Recovery Disc to format the HD, and maybe recover some of the files later with File Recovery software.
2. Get a WinXP-H installation disc, which seems to have a Recovery program.
3. Remove the HD and connect it to another computer to remove my files. I'm not experienced in taking computers apart, but would give it a go if it was the best option.
Cheers, any advice appreciated.
Al

Yeah, it's a great machine. At least when it's working...
I'll have a go at connecting the HDD as an external. In the meantime, I tried running the Toshiba Recovery disc, and it got to about 5% (allocating NTFS) before stopping with 'Error 29004 Uncorrectable data error'.
It seems even more likely that the HDD has a physical problem (especially since it started making clicking noises...). After the Recovery thing stopped, I tried running chkdsk, but no luck:
X:\>c:\
C:\>chkdsk /r
Bad command or filename
C:\>chkdsk c: /r
Bad command or filename
etc
Is that the correct command?

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