what system u are using... i may recommend Data Rescue http://www.macosxapplications.com/system-disk-utilities/data-rescue-3-emergency-hard-drive-recovery-file-recovery/
but, wait... till more information come... you must download and burn as CD and start form CD or DVD. No touch to your existing drive.. and get your data from old drive to another drive. That is the best case and blueprint of a successful rescue. Never touch or change your existing data or HD... 2010/4/28 Cliff Rediger <redicl...@yahoo.com>: > 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 > -- Baha Ata -- 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
