URGENT. Good place for Macbook repairs?

My Macbook hard drive has failed. When I try starting it up, it doesn't go past a white screen with a "no trespassing" symbol on it. I have tried using the reinstall disks but nothing happens and the disks just get stuck. The data may or may not be recoverable.
The Genius Bar could not handle my case, so they recommended me to Tekserve.
I went to Tekserve and they told me they would try to get the desired data off and place it onto an external hard drive. However, they said that if they got everything off that I wanted, then the charge would be something over $800. Also, they asked me what specific data I wanted off (and I would ideally want everything off). Based on ratings (e.g. google map ratings - search for "tekserve nyc"), I figured that this might not be the best place to go.
So, +*for those who have needed something repaired on a Macbook, particularly regarding failed hard drives, what places would you recommend*+ (preferably describe just how successful the operation was, and around how much it cost)?
Thank you very much for your help.

funky_pat wrote:
Thanks for the replies.
For a wrap-up to this thread, does anyone know how data recovery works exactly?
Any number of different things. The simplest is to use heavy-duty drive recovery software. Worst-case scenario is that some drive hardware is so bad that it has to be taken apart in a clean room and the drive rebuilt.
To narrow this question down, I'm wondering specifically about two things:
(1) Why can't they just automatically get all of my data off, instead of asking me what specific data I want off?
Part of the problem would be that failed hard drives may only last so long before they completely go and/or the amount of time it takes to do this costs a lot of money/time. You could have crashed hard drive where the data can't be completely recovered. If it's in bad shape, there's a good chance that recovery efforts are destructive to the drive data in the long run. You're really looking at getting the most important stuff off the failed drive before it completely dies.
(2) How secure is my data (can I trust that they won't be opening files, or even looking at file names that may suggest important private information?)?
You could do some research on it. There's the off chance that you private information is snooped, but if it's that important to you, what choice do you have?

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