I appriciate your input very much...
My hard drive has a chip burnt..  or  faulty...   how could you get into the drive to copy the bootsector...?  Your suggestion implies the ability to get in....

my disk is not accessible...    and yes, If I try using free ware stuff I might destroy the data..   Believe me I want my data..

I might have to uncrew, open the drive case and tear out the inner disk and send the case back to Dell...  

If I had a vacuumed dust free sealed room, I could remove the inner disk and put it in another drive..  or into one of those special open drives made for that purpose...

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