Ack! And I feel your pain, I've lost much important programming thanks to failing harddrives (I miss you Ever-Bot source code!).
If you decide that you can't afford paying a data recovery service, consider the following last ditch data recovery method:
1) put the dead HD in 2 or 3 ziplock bags
2) put the HD in freezer for 2 or 3 hours
3) remove from freezer and immediately hook up to computer (that's been off for a while and is cooled down)
This will occasionally get you 2-3 minutes of time to grab data off the HD before it dies again and will often make any data recovery thereafter impossible.
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