Have a look at the posts in the "Sticky" thread in the Storage forum in the link below;
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7588_102-354911.html?tag=contentBody;threadListing
It gives various ideas and links to utilities that can attempt to recover data from drives, even USB drives.
But remember, nothing is certain in these cases.
Good luck.
Mark
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