How to get data off of my broken imac's HD

Anybody know the cheapest and quickest way I can retreive the data on my imac's HD? The power thingy fried a couple of days ago and I need the data on it pretty badly.
Any help would be awesome!
Cheers!
-Tad-

You can use Data Rescue II which cots $99., although I believe you can use it in demo mode. I haven;t used it myself, but have hear of other people having good results with it.
Let us know how you make out with it,

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