If the hard drive doesn't even spin up, there is no way you can do this yourself - you would need to send it to some data recovery specialists where they can rebuild the drive, realign the heads and recover what they can If the drive spins up, then you can try recuva (Google it) but otherwise proceed as above.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.