Photo Retrieval....help

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HAVIN A PROBLEM WITH A DELL INSPIRION 531 DESKTOP PC,(2GIG RAM,7200 CAVIAR 250GIG AND CORE 2 DUO) I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET PHOTOS FROM A WD CAVIAR H DRIVE,THATS FROM THIS PC AND HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING I KNOW,I HAVE READ THAT IF YOU USE THE REPAIR UTILITY IT DOES SOMETHING TO THE BIOS, SO WHEN YOU SET CD, THEN HARD DRIVE,IN BOOT UP,YOUR PC DOESNT SEE ANY SATA DRIVES.I GOT THE MESSAGE,"NO BOOTABLE DRIVES VISABLE".I WAS ALSO TOLD TO SET THE BIOS FOR IDE DRIVES, BUT I DONT HAVE THAT OPTION.I TRIED PUTTING THE DRIVE INTO A CADDY AND CHANGING PERMISSIONS,NO DICE!,I EVEN TRIED STICKING IT INTO MY SPARE 3 GIG P4 TOWER TO SEE IF THE BIOS ON THAT BOARD WOULD KICK IN,NO DICE, I THEN TRIED IT AS MASTER HDRIVE THEN SLAVE,NO DICE!I CAN GET TO ONE OF THE SYSTEM PARTITIONS BUT NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTENTS AND PERSONAL SAVES,LIKE PICTURES AND MUSIC ETC.THE FORMAT IS VISTA HOME PREMIUM,WHAT A LOAD OF OLD BULL! ANY SUGGESTIONS GUYS,PICTURES ARE PRICELESS.I REFUSE TO WIPE THE DISC WITH THEM STILL ON IT.I HAVE RECUVA AND A FEW OTHER RETRIEVAL TITLES BUT I DONT WANT TO FORMAT AND FIND I CANT GET ANYTHING FROM THE DRIVE,HELP