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I used https://www.krollontrack.com a few years ago. It was expensive but they recovered 100% of my files and they were pretty quick about it.
As some of the others have mentioned, if you need a service like this, you aren’t doing a good enough job of maintaining backups. I now make two copies of all my data every week onto separate hard drives that are not normally connected to my computer. They are offline except when making copies of the backups. I keep one of those copies off site. I learned (and paid for) my lesson last time.
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I've had success many times with this method. I'm more of a Linux guy, but seriously you get a lot more control using Linux when trying to recover from a failing hard drive.
The first thing you need to do is get an image from the drive, whatever data you can possibly read (or if you like, clone do a different good hard drive). I recommend ddrescue for this job because you can do multiple passes and much more. Just download a live copy of any popular linux distribution and boot from a USB or CD. You can install ddrescue and follow a tutorial for this step.
Then you can move on to data recovery tools that have been mentioned, or others, on the image (or good drive). Otherwise the more you try to read from the bad drive, the more likely it is that it will get worse and worse until nothing is readable. It's counterintuitive.
Recommended tools for recovery:
- ddrescue (free) - an invaluable tool that doesn't really compare to anything else
- TestDisk (free) - this is my go to application and it's never failed me, unless there's no data to work with from the image
- EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard (paid)
Someone mentioned Spinrite - I've had success with this, but considering the process I would try it in this order:
1. ddrescue
2. ddrescue again, using different options
3. If any sectors could not be read, use spinrite on the failing disk (knowing that you could be doing more damage to the drive)
4. ddrescue yet again
5. data recovery software
Good luck!
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My wife just asked me to make coffee, my beverage of choice.
Since she only drinks one cup a day, and has already had her cup, I asked for clarification as to why I'm making it.
The reply: it's not for you to drink, it's for me to make coffee soap with.
And here I was thinking she was giving me permission to drink more coffee...
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Every morning, I bring to my wife her coffee while she's still in bed.
She only have to grind it.
selfish adj. Defines someone who does not think of me.
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The correct response is, "how high?"
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Jeremy Falcon
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When you start having to ask permission to do stuff like drink coffee, to me it starts to seem more like a parent / child relationship more so than a husband / wife one.
Jeremy Falcon
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For reference: The Lounge[^]
Software Zen: delete this;
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Oh snap. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: starts to seem more like a parent / child relationship more so than a husband / wife wife / husband one
Order needed fixing. 
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Ha ha. Touché my good man. Touché
Jeremy Falcon
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Are you the resident psychologist? 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Coffee soap?
Never thought of dirty coffee needing a bath. Learn something new every day.
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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She has made it with coffee grounds. The grounds sink to the bottom and act as an exfoliate, the soap has a nice mottled brown colour and has a pleasant aroma.
At craft fairs, it is one of the items she sells the most of.
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Sounds interesting. Do you have any photos?
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I will get some and send them to you.
She is making a fresh batch now, but without the coffee grounds - just the coffee.
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Meanwhile...
coffee soap� - ����� �-Google[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Coffee soap? Is that a thing? 
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Maybe it's for enemas?
Jeremy Falcon
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Yup, more bang for your... um... buck.
Jeremy Falcon
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And yes, it smells like coffee.. when I get out of the shower, I don't smell 'frue-frue'.
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