[OT} (slightly) Anyone knows an affordable HD recovery service?

[Malte Pfaff-Brill]

Thanks for all the head ups, both on and off list! Much appreciated.  
Turns out it is a hardware failure that can not be recovered via  
Software. Will need to bite the sour apple and get the Disk to a  
professional recovery service. *sigh*

All the best,

Malte