hello gang, thanks a lot for the many suggestions. I've done the homework and here's a little update. I've locked the partition to rescue and tried out the suggested softwares. Data Rescue seems very powerful, but it left me in doubt as it displayed the entire hierarchy correctly with names and sizes, but the latest versions of the files were in a .Trashes folder and when I tried to recover one file, I got only an empty folder. I blew like this my "free trial" file rescue (limited to one file).
VirtualLab gave only file icons and types but no names then one is asked to shell out according to the volume of rescue, but it seemed not a sensible thing to do. I might go with the Tech Tool Pro then, but I'll give another thought before acting. Meanwhile I have luckily managed to rescue a few of the most important files in a "transversal" way, so I'm no longer in pressing emergency. Luckily these were Word files and the sequence of "Word Work File"s accumulated during the past weeks of work right to the latest version of the files showed up misteriously in the Trash of my OS 9 partition when I booted on to it, in search of further methods of rescue. They were in a "rescued items" folder and gave me back the most important files I needed. Now, that's a great built-in incremental backup tool! Still, I would rather rescue the entire partition content. Thanks everyone for the great help! cheers, gianfrancoo -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
