Hard drive crash but can see folders

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Hard drive crash but can see folders

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Hard drive crash but can see folders

I have a friends HD which won't start but I can see the folders and files as a "slave" drive but "Properties says there is "0" under size and I can't get into the folders.

Is it "toast"? Any ideas to get some data off the drive?
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What type of disk (FAT32 or NTFS)?
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Win98 FAT32
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