Why do you think your harddrive is fried? Your computer has more likely stopped working due to windows rot (which will never happen if you properly manage your computer) and there is likely some malware and some bad sectors which can be fixed.
If the drive actually initializes, you should be fine. A harddrive is not dead and files are not usually lost until the drive refuses to initialize and you have something like the click of death, etc. from a head crash or some other mechanical failure.
You just need to take the drive out and plug it into another system or install an operating system on a USB drive or SD card and run chkdsk /r and then a proper antivirus.
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 04-02-2011 at 03:54 PM.
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