You should not do *anything* to the drive you want to recover files
from (other than running the file recovery software on it). Provided
the disk is readable by your computer and shows up on your desktop,
you should not under any circumstances reformat it or modify it in
any way until you've either recovered your files or given up.
Also, this may have not been obvious to you, but you will need to
recover your files to a *different* drive than the one you
accidentally erased. After recovering the files, you can reformat if
necessary before copying the files back to their original location.
But based on your description, it doesn't sound necessary to reformat
after recovering the files.
You can easily rename a drive without reformatting it, and it sounds
like this is what happened. However, if you want to avoid a massive
headache with the paths for all your sample libraries, once you
recover your data, make sure the drive has its original name.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brooklyn, NY
On 02 Aug 2007, at 2:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I took a trip to the local Apple Store (Providence Mall) and one of
the
techs said to check my Trash; the files may still be there.
(otherwise he
recommended a 3rd party product; thank you all for your
suggestions). The
question I didn't think to ask him (until after I left, naturally)
was, the drive has not been re-formatted; but, it does not have the
name I
gave it, so I'm assuming it will need to be formatted before I can
move the files back on to it. Is this true? AND, I do understand
there is
a distinction between recovering formatted disks and Un-deleting.
What I
need is un-delete. I'm assuming if I re-format, all chances of
recovering the files are lost; yes, or no?
Recovering
Formatted disks is different than Undeleting files. Disk
Warrior, and TechTools Pro are good tools. They might work. These two
utilities might as well. But they cost a lot.
http://pcwin.com/Utilities/File___Disk_Management/
Recover_Data_for_Mac/index.htm
http://www.datarecoverymac.com/
Your best
bet is to use your backup if there is nothing you really need
on that drive (ie: sample library that really hasn't changed in
months).
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone who has any idea how I can UN-ERASE my secondary
internal
300GB hard disk in my pre-Intel MAC G5 2.0 Ghz, OS
10.4.6, please
advise.
I thought I was
erasing a CD-RW this morning to copy new files to, but
in
fact I mistakenly selected my Media Disk (used for
streaming my audio
files exported out of Finale w/ Garritan
instruments; also the resident
drive for all the Garritan
libraries/samples) and am having a panic
attack
trying to figure out how to recover these files. I did not
Reformat the
drive so nothing has been overwritten, and I
left the machine up and
running withour doing anything
else. I'm hoping there is a way to
Un-Delete, but the Disk
Utility does not seem to have the feature
available. It
does allow for a restore, which i can do from my FireWire
backup , but the back up is at least a couple of weeks old and I
spend up to 60 hours a week working with these files, so I'm a
bit
panicked. Any advice or help would be welcomed.
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