hi, i dont know if you are familiar with ubuntu, if you get ahold with a live cd from ubuntu you should be able to boot up from the cd and ubuntu has a powerfull formater, you can get ubuntu in, www.ubuntu.com
also as ubuntu is an os that will boot directly from the cd, you should be able to mount the internal device and see the info, even transfering to an external, of course, that is IF it mounts
