On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote:
I'm running 10.4.11 on a Mini G4. Hmm. Since I inadvertently cloned from a smaller drive (d1) to a larger drive, thus erasing most of what was on the larger drive (d2) I'm suddenly thinking that any recovery will require a third drive (d3) of equal size to the "d2". Is that right? or will Disk Recovery buffer recovered files (from d2) and progressively write back to "d2"?
As a rule of thumb always ALWAYS ALWAYS do data recovery to a clean drive. Never EVER write to your problem drive; write-protect it in hardware if possible.
If these files are worth it (irreplaceable and/or will cost a great deal to re-create) consider a data recovery service like Drive Savers. They're pricey, but they can probably get the data back.
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