I think someone already suggested this, but Data Rescue has recovered  
files for me under very similar circumstances.

http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue_info.php

> It just occurred to me that with all of my data loss this week, some
> of it may be recoverable.
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but when a computer "erases" data, it
> generally isn't really gone until it's overwritten. Is that the case?
> If so, then my backup drive that was "erased" then started to
> reinstall when everything crashed might still have some of my files
> since the backup never got around to writing my user files.
>
> Does anyone think that it may be possible to recover the data from the
> backup? I know the macbook drive that crashed is gone, but this one
> may be salvagable, right?
>
> Anyone know of any mac software that might facilitate this?
> Rick
>
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