Restoring data

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Another iBook woe...

My local Authorized Apple Dealer / Repair backup my HD on my iBook recently, after the logic board had failed . The dealer made a backup for me onto a windows formatted external HD using Super Duper prior to sending the laptop out for service. They had reported to me that they weren't able to get all the files over but did copy most of the files.

With iBook repaired, external HD connected, any attempts to launch and open the spareseimage file ( 1 gig) on the external HD or a copied of it on the iBook resulted in the error message saying that the image is corrupted. I took the problem back to the dealer, who simply double-click on the spareimage icon with the same result and then said they could not fix the problem and were of no further help ...is there any way to fix the corrupted image, as I no longer have the original HD and desperately need to get the information out of this file. Any utility or viewer that I could use to crack open or repair this file, etc.?

Any hints or suggestions are welcome, thanks.
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