One more thing... if the drive mounts at all, it's possible a unix file copy will get most of the data. The benefit of a unix copy versus a finder copy is that a unix copy will not stop if it hits a file it can't read... it'll attempt to read/copy it, and if it can't, it'll throw an input/output error and go on to the next file.
The command I use is: sudo cp -vfR <source> <destination> So if I wanted to move my Users folder from my primary drive, Foo, to a backup folder on my external drive, Bar, the command would be: sudo cp -vfR /volumes/Foo/Users /volumes/Bar/backup/ As I said, this will only work if the drive mounts on the desktop. Bryan On Nov 5, 2007, at 7:35 PM, Bryan Forrest wrote: > Last time I used a professional data recovery service, it cost in the > neighborhood of $2300 (DriveSavers). However, a company called > Gillware has a special offer for customers of Apple retail stores. If > you contact them, and tell them you were referred by the Apple store, > they charge $800 flat rate, including the new drive and shipping. It's > not a cheap solution, but it is much cheaper than other companies I've > checked out. > > Hope this helps! > > Bryan > > . > On Nov 5, 2007, at 7:23 PM, b3studios wrote: > >> I wouldn't have any at all. >> >> I had a total meltdown of my digital life today. >> >> I was backing up my system to my external drive today. Hadn't done so >> since installing Leopard last week. As SuperDuper! had has not put >> out >> a Leopard update, I went the old fashioned way and used Disk Utility. >> >> Disk utility erased by bootable backup drive and began to copy over >> my >> laptops hard drive. >> about an hour into the process, everything froze for over 25 min. >> I figured that I would just power down, restart and start over. >> >> When I restarted, I got the dreaded flashing folder with a "?". >> It seems that my hard drive decided to take a nose dive. And while it >> was at it, none of my user files had been copied over to the backup >> yet. >> The last few years of my digital life, up in "smoke". >> >> Luckily, I do have most, if not all of my music on my iPod. I think >> all of our pictures are on the wife's Macbook, I'll just have to re- >> enter the Keywords for over 10,000 photos. >> >> Sadly, all of my personal files are gone, as are my notes for an exam >> on thursday... >> >> I've tried hardware test, booting from the install disc, and >> DiskWarrior. >> Nothing will even recognize the drive as existing. Also, there was a >> clicking sound coming from the hard drive while it was trying to boot >> up. >> >> I have another (smaller) HD for my macbook, so I'm not completely >> without a computer, but man this sucks. The drive is still under >> warranty, so WD will replace it... >> >> Is it possible to salvage information off of a fail hard drive? >> Somewhere I can take it? >> >> I'd *really* like to be able to get my documents off this thing. >> >> Rick >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > Bryan > > -- > > Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep > moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because > we're curious... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. > > Walt Disney > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
