as LOTR suggested hook the drive up in a new machine if possible..if the HDD is actually toast then do what you can...when I'm doing cleanup for whatever reason I just manually go through every folder and save what I want then delete the rest..when I end up with a clean slate then I know I'm done...

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So Long and Thanks for All the Files
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