@RecoveryRobot: Thanks for the reply. I look forward to using this program.
@Mikey: no program can recover data from a mechanically-failed drive (clicking noises). Your “clicking” drive has gone too far – you should have some software to warn you of impending failures like DiskCheckup, Crystal Disk Info or Hard Disk Sentinel. By the time it’s clicking, it’s too late. The drive would have to go to a clean room to be disassembled and mounted on professional recovery mechanisms and you’re talking thousands of dollars for that.
@conceptualclarity: It used to be called 7-Data Recovery