Data recovery software recomendations?

I recently lost a load of data (~40GB) as a result of uninstalling a program(!), and I was wondering if anyone had any recomendations with regard to data recovery software.

On a related note, does anyone know the fastest way of copying files from one PC to another? If I can't restore my data, I can get a fair amount of it back from friends. I used my pen drive before, to copy files to my friends' computers, but it's a bit cumbersome as there's a lot to copy back.
Is it possible to connect 2 PCs via Firewire?

Ta!

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Originally Posted by Nacrisa

Is it possible to connect 2 PCs via Firewire?

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Yes, or USB.
You could always just put your HDD into his PC & copy disk to disk.

He has a laptop, so I'll try the Firewire approach. Thanks!

I've always used Search and Recover by Iolo and I've foudn it pretty reliable, you can get a 30 day free trial here, should be fine for someone who only need it for a one off.

http://www.iolo.com/sr/download.cfm

you could try O&0 diskrecovery http://www.oo-software.com/en/
on this months computer shopper it has it on the cover disc cd editon

http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/

might do the job