Apparently, you share this blog with “jen” and i followed your link here from twitter, then left a comment on “jen’s” article which indicated i follower “jen” instead of you which could be confusing, as if the explanation wasn’t difficult enough to grasp.
In all events, I’m in fact following you on twitter.
Also, regarding the hard drive controller, i would wonder if the program “ghost” wouldn’t transfer the data from a disk with a corrupt surface at least accurately enough to piece it back together?
Good luck.
~jesse