Hi Richard, I haven't used these services, but the MacFixIt site that I check for problems and solutions connected with updates recently listed that they would start a section in their user forums for technical support and information for SubRosaSoft's data recovery tools. This company has a product called FileSalvage that recovers deleted files on Macs running OS X 10.3 and above. The web site for the product is: http://www.subrosasoft.com/
They are supposed to have a free demonstration trial download, and the software costs $89.95 to purchase the CD (or $10 less if you get the software via download). I'm not sure whether the MacFixIt forums are restricted to subscribers, but here is the link that they gave on March 1 for the new SubRosaSoft forums: http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=subrosasoft You could also try the subrosasoft.com web site for the product. A couple of other services I saw mentioned elsewhere: 1. Stellar Information Systems. The poster of this information said, "There's a demo you can try, but the full version is priced a bit steeply at $300 (this may not be so steep considering people lose data that is invaluable to them). Web site: http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm 2. Virtual Lab. The comment here was, "You can try it for free, letting you search the entire HD, but they have a novel approach to pricing; you pay by how much you wish to recover." Web site: http://www.binarybiz.com/vlab/mac.php Hope this information helps. Good luck with your recovery. Esther On Thursday, May 04, 2006, Richard Most <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all, >I thought I was erasing a thumb drive but I erased my external USB >drive instead. Is there any software that I can get to recover the >data on my external drive? >Thanks for any help. >Richard Most >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
