Chuck, First your are in 1969, so change your clock.
Second don't use Norton, use DiskWarrior on your Mac. If you can boot to 9, sometimes you can see files that you can not in X. Sometimes Techtool can recover files if they are not too screwed up. Tom On 12/31/69 7:42 PM, "Charles Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few days ago, I asked if anyone knew what would cause a 'boot up' > where "FINDER" was 'non-operational' -- No response. ---- > Since then, I have re-loaded OSX, rearranged hardware (trying to get a > CDW running to back up some 'downloaded update files'). > Turing all this I did a NO-NO. I inadvertently hit 'initialize' for the > partition which DID have OSX installed on it. (One of three partitions > on a 80G IDE drive). Now OSX I can reload without that much problem, > BUT there were all of my 'E-Mail' filed/history, misc. saved utilities, > etc. What I need, is an "Un-Initialize" for the one partition. The > other two partitions on that hard drive are fine. I have been carefully > NOT doing anything to that drive/partition so that recovery SHOULD be > possible. > [The Disk mounts, and all three partitions show up, just the former OSX > partition shows as being EMPTY ---- I.E. no files.] > > Worst comes to worst, I can fire up a 'WinTel' system and use NORTON > Disk Doctor under MSDOS. But that's something that I'm NOt looking > forward to doing. > > Anybody have a recommendation for OSX, (or even OS9.1, that will handle > HFS+ disks), and do recovery of the 'wiped' directory? > > Chuck Davis > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
