My HD has failed and I need a HD recovery specialist to recover contents!

Has anyone have this problem in the past? I'm thinking its gonna be expensive to do? Has any one got any good recommendations for this to be done? I have some files but mainly the photos of my newborn baby which, I would love to save!
Many thanks
PS before my macbook died and after restarting every time the HD was clicking like a stuck CD in the drive! I do dread to think how expensive this is going to be!

Has anyone have this problem in the past?
Many people, unfortunately. Which is why most experienced users tell others to backup, backup, backup so that they aren't facing this sort of heartache.
I'm thinking its gonna be expensive to do?
Probably. You can try file recovery software such as Data Rescue (Prosoft Engineering), File Salvage and see if those can recover anything (both packages have, last I checked, a "trial" mode where you can see if they can find anything before you buy, though that requires another drive from which ou can boot your system). The chances generally aren't really good, though, particularly if the drive won't even mount.
If file recovery software won't work, then a recovery service is your only hope and they are expensive. The last time I asked for an estimate for a MacBook-type drive, the cost was between $800 and $1100 US with most vendors giving no guarantees of any sort of success. I can't make any recommendations for any UK-based service, but perhaps someone else here can.
Sorry about the problem; I wish you luck getting back your pictures. I know how precious those memories are.

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