+1 for Knoppix used it to recover some design plans from a coworkers computer. The hdd was doing "the click of death" and Knoppix was still able to recover 90%

+1 for Knoppix used it to recover some design plans from a coworkers computer. The hdd was doing "the click of death" and Knoppix was still able to recover 90% of the data and 100% of the important stuff. Needless to say his backups are now in triplicates.