How to recover data from faulty HDD in Ubuntu

[Quizzar]

http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2636681/problematic-asus-laptop-hdd.html < Original long description thread.

I have a laptop Asus with a hdd that gives me a lot of problems. Does not boot windows or repair tools so I managed to boot from a live ubuntu and the disk is not properly recognized. Any ideas on how to recover data from live ubuntu?
Thanks!

 

[darkbreeze]

Do NOT post secondary threads pointing to another thread about the same issue, it's still double posting which violates the Tom's Hardware and Guide guidelines and TOS. Thread closed.