Had this kind of problem and the FIRST RULE is do not use any of your disks until you decide what to do. The mistake made is to go on and fix it later - DO NOT DO THIS, STOP ALL USE NOW - if you are to recover any or all, stop now. JML
--- On Tue, 4/27/10, Cliff Rediger <redicl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Cliff Rediger <redicl...@yahoo.com> > Subject: File Recovery > To: "G-Group" <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> > Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 4:58 PM > Color me stupid. > > I have two 100 GB drives: one's my basic boot drive (D1) > and I > SuperDuper copy to the other (D2) as backup. > > When I travel to where my wife is taking care of her > parents, I back > up to the second drive, take it with me and boot from it > thru her > iBook. > > I also have a tera byte drive (D3) that I use for storing > av stuff, > like video projects, ripped DVDs etc. > Last I looked it had about 250 GB unused space on it. > > Here's the rub. I backed up and packed up D2 & D3 and > drove to Santa > Barbara. > There I discovered that I must have inadvertently backed up > D1 to D3 > as all the AV files are gone. > > Swell. OK. what to do? > Local Mac shop whats $300+ to recover. > Looks like file recovery software runs about $100. Any > recommendations for what works. > And, of course, I might just let it go. > > Advise and comments appreciated. > Cliff > > -- > 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 > -- 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
