Broken NTFS partition - "Incomplete multi-sector transfer"

Broken NTFS partition - "Incomplete multi-sector transfer" I have a 8-year old Windows-XP-only computer with one NTFS partition. Starting up Windows is not possible anymore, it stops with "A disk read error occurred". When trying to mount the partition using a Ubuntu Karmic Live CD, I get the following error:
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"At this point, your main goal should be data-recovery. Photorec can help, because you don't need to mount to use it. Without an MFT, though, you unfortunately don't have a lot of options.

Finally, after you reinstall, buy an external drive and start a daily backup regiment. Macrium Reflect prevented a crisis last time this happened to me. Highly recommended."