Data Recovery Software - fastest / best out there??

[evoic]

I have a friend who's laptop HDD is on it's last legs.

Unmountable_boot_drive error......
Clicking sounds....
Intermittent Beeps from the motherboard / system.....

I took the HDD out and I have it in an external enclosure.
All of the data is corrupted, but I'm going to do my best to salvage it for her.

The problem is that I'm limited on time usually and I need a recovery software program that's known for speed.

Does anyone out there in software-land have suggestions?

I have a copy of PC Inspector File Recovery, but it doesn't seem to be that great, IMHO.

 

[Pirotech]

GetDataBack
Recuva
Free Utilities

 

[edprush]

Today I tried both "recvua" and "Restoration"

Only Restoration worked for me.

 

[WildHorse]

Here's a good list of several, take their free trials.

 

[WildHorse]

Look: Giveaway of the day has MultiStage Recovery 3.6 this date only.

Grab it while it's free!