File Recovery Query
Hi Group, I have formatted a drive (simple format - no zeroing out) when I meant to zap a partition. I haven't lost anything of 'importance', but can I use a utility program to scan the drive's sectors and reconstitute the data onto another drive? I seem to remember using Disc Doctor back in the day to do something like this under OS9. I immediately shut down the computer and pulled the drive, well, after exercising my 4 letter vocabulary for a moment, so the drive is untouched except for the 'format' command from disk utility. It would be much easier to recover the drive than reconstituting from a plethora of opticals. Thanks Richard 10.5.6 2.4ghz solo 500gig 320gig 800gig external etc etc etc --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: File Recovery Query
On 10/23/09 9:43 AM, aussieshepsrock ilovaussiesh...@yahoo.com Broadcast into the ether: but can I use a utility program to scan the drive's sectors and reconstitute the data onto another drive? Data Rescue from Prosoft Engineering should work for you. http://www.prosofteng.com/ --- The first time Microsoft produces something that doesn't suck will be when they start making vacuum cleaners --- --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: File Recovery Query
On Oct 23, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 10/23/09 9:43 AM, aussieshepsrock ilovaussiesh...@yahoo.com Broadcast into the ether: but can I use a utility program to scan the drive's sectors and reconstitute the data onto another drive? Data Rescue from Prosoft Engineering should work for you. http://www.prosofteng.com/ Isn't this something that 'Disk Warrior' does also??? Don't have the docs to check myself. Chuck D. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: File Recovery Query
On Oct 23, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Charles Davis wrote: Data Rescue from Prosoft Engineering should work for you. http://www.prosofteng.com/ Isn't this something that 'Disk Warrior' does also??? No, the only thing that Disk Warrior does is rebuild munged disk directories. It does it very well. It does not do any sort of 'undelete'; it'll see a freshly formatted drive as having no files on it, and faithfully rebuild the empty directory. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: File Recovery Query
On Oct 23, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 23, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Charles Davis wrote: Data Rescue from Prosoft Engineering should work for you. http://www.prosofteng.com/ Isn't this something that 'Disk Warrior' does also??? No, the only thing that Disk Warrior does is rebuild munged disk directories. It does it very well. It does not do any sort of 'undelete'; it'll see a freshly formatted drive as having no files on it, and faithfully rebuild the empty directory. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs ISTR that there were some 'flags' that could be set, to tell Disk Warrior to look for 'otherwise deleted' information. [This memory is a few years old, so I may be remembering from another 'Disk Maintenance routine. Chuck D. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
