if you want you can try http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoverydatarecovery/

this program might get your music files off the hd

your hd has a big problem

take the hd out
try it on your friends computer with xp and ntfs file system

if i had the hd in my hands i would know if its an rma job

did you use ntfs encription on your other os?

goto the manufacturers website for your hd
they usually have a program that will check the hd out in dos and determine if it is ko'd

i would do all the above before formating

but if you decide to format

hook only one hd to your mb
and use a win98 bootdisk and type fdisk

follow the messages to delete your partitions
then make one active
and format and install xp

egghead