HELP! Transferring files from damaged disk..

Hi,

I was trying to update my OS when i realised the progress bar wasn't moving. i stupidly restarted it and now my disk is damaged beyond repair...i stupidly didnt back it up for ages and there are some important files on there, when i click 'open disk image' under the install disks disk utility i can see that my files are still there so they do still exist, however i am in the setting to chose a disk image therefore cannot move them to my external harddrive. how do i move them safely to an external harddrive when i cannot boot?

Thanks

Hard luck.

Data Rescue 3 for Mac has a demo available for download from their web site. You can use that to see if the full program can access your files.


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