Not so hard drive

Aaaaaargh! My mobile Lacie 80gb hard drive that contains ALL my photos has decided to break and is making that scratching head sound! What a nightmare! It contains pretty much ALL my photos. :-(

When I looked for a data recovery dude online they quoted me £400 for recovery and a guy at work was quoted £700 when he asked around.

Does anyone have any ideas? Foss? Jay?