Okay, so please don't tell me the obvious, because it is painfully so, but....
I have an external FW drive that was my backup. It wasn't redundant though, so when it went ka-blewie, so did the data that was "backed up" on there and only existed on there. Basically, due to a bad power setup in my house, the power wanes and surges everytime the heater comes on. (Lesson learned there!) But now my FW drive isn't "Recognized by this Macintosh" and wants to be initialized. Now if I do this, can I recover some of the stuff that was there? What can I do to increase my chances? Stan in Denver --- Bruce Alsobrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 13, 2004, at 10:54 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > > > On 1/13/04 11:20 PM, "Bruce Alsobrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew > into > > the > > Cybertrough: > > > >> > >> On Jan 13, 2004, at 4:22 PM, Dr. John Pullyblank wrote: > >>> Do keep in mind that anything you save to the hard drive after > you > >>> have deleted a file may write over the data, so be careful. > >> > >> Yet another argument for partitioning the hard drive into at least > two > >> parts. > >> > > > > Partitioning is not the best answer. Making a backup that is not > > stored on > > the same physical device is. Burn DVD's or use an external HD. > Most > > times > > all partitions will be lost at one time when a device fails. > > > Very true, but if there was a backup of the data, there would be no > need to try and retrieve the lost files with recovery software such > as > TechTool or Norton. When there is no backup available, as was the > case > in the original post, having a partition allows you to save the > recovered files to another, separate segment of the HD without fear > of > overwriting other files you might still want to recover from the > first > partition. > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on > Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > ===== -------------- I am the wretch that song talks about... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
