Data recovery service for dead HD

My HD had to be removed (and replaced) after it could not b recognized. does anyone know a good data recovery service that I can send my old one to retrieve client files ( mainly quark, Photoshop and indesign files)
Thanks for any input u can provide

Do yourself a favor, and get a good external HD, at least twice the size of the data that is (or was) on your internal HD, and start making backups with Time Machine or another app.
Then the next time this happens (and all hard drives fail, sooner or later), you won't lose everything.
You might want to review the: Time Machine Tutorial
and perhaps browse Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
Or Kappy's post on Basic Backup, complete with links to the web sites of each product.

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