Very good suggestions... I appreciate it. Sounds like a serious pain, but she seemed pretty desperate to get any of the images back. From the sound of it, the ToC is hosed to a point that the disc won't even read. I guess I might try using the software listed to get as complete an image as possible and then maybe perform a manual search for image headers? Hmmm... better be some damn good photos.
And on the Brother-In-Law situation... I think she got the better deal.

He makes some mean stuffed baked potatoes...