Just spent 12.88€ (incl. a loooooong roll of bubble wrap and insurance) on sending the external hard drive to IT friend. Hope the problem is fixable and won't get too expensive. But just in case: Would anyone like to pay me for a layout or some photoshopping?

...about what I should photoshop and put on RedBubble (to make some money, so I can afford the data recovery) would that be stealing your idea? I hope not, because I need ideas! I do have some of my own, but they're on the external hard drive, of course. :o/