Really sorry to hear that this has happened!
It is possible if you take your computer to a specialist repair shop they may be able to recover your pictures for you. It may cost you but judging by your post I'm guessing it would be worth it!
Good luck! :therethere:
Maybe there are teckkie people on here who can help recover the photos on the hard disk that has died?? re load them on to a CD thingy?
The images can be recovered, it all depends on how much you want to pay and whether you want the images seen by the people doing the recovery.
Prices start from about £100 ish - Google "Hard Disk Recovery" for more info...
another old trick - it has been mentioned on SH too! - is to SEAL the hard drive in a plastic bag & pop it in the freezer for a few hours... this 'might' revive it long enough to retrieve your data.
But make sure another storage device is connected so you can start to transfer data asap!
we have had offers of help that we possibly will take up for glueing it back together etc lol
cheers everyone