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Update: I ran GetDataBack and it actually did detect partitions that had almost all of the structure of my computer (directories, files etc). The only problem is, all of the files are corrupted. This is different to PhotoRec, which got mostly correct files but they were unnamed and sometimes...

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=31291 Here is a guy who got the same TestDisk error and was able to fix it. The only problem is that he says the deeper search did find his NTFS partition, whereas mine didn't. However, this is the part that gives me some hope:

My hard drive in my Lenovo Y580 laptop failed and got the click of death a few days ago. I could not start my computer up because it said 'No bootable device'. I made an image of the hard drive and tried TestDisk on it. It said "Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged". I tried 'Deeper...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/2-5-inch-SATA-Internal-Hard-Drive/dp/B00DCM91WQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406659617 How about this one?

I have to replace the hard drive for my Lenovo Y580. Will this hdd work fine? http://www.storagereview.com/wd_red_25_1tb_hdd_review_wd10jfcx