URGENT Help Restoring Old Mac OS FIles After Install and No Backup

Have an older MacBook that was on Mac OS 10.5.?. A friend of mine just did an install of Snow Leopard but did not back up any of the files. He says it was a clean install.
Is there any way I might be able to restore any of the files that used to be on my system before the clean upgrade to 10.6? I am particularly concerned with iPhoto. My music is all on my iPod that I can copy off, and apps I have backups of.
Thanks

«If your friend did an Erase & Install then ...»
If your friend did an Erase & Install, without Secure-Erasing them, then (most of) your files are still on the hard drive, but you'll have to use one of these:
http://www.recoverdatatools.com/mac-data-recovery.html
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
http://www.boomdrs.com/
http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/

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