Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Adam Thayer
Yeah, because the drive was erased, software will not restore it... but erasing the drive usually does not do anything to the actual files. It just destroys the directory listing where the files are on the drive. Drive Savers can scour the entire drive for erased files, but it takes time and sp

Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Dan K
Data Rescue can possibly do the trick, but I've found with HFS+ volumes the files recovered are mostly useless. IMO there's really nothing to be done except kiss your 'BackUp' data goodbye. :-( Dan K . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hot

Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Wayne
I may be wrong (its been some time since I used Norten), but the Unerase feature used to only work after Norten was installed and Filesaver was active. Then Norten could bring files back. This would also only work on files that were thrown away, not for formatting of hard drives which erase data co

Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: "Steve Kerney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:15 PM Subject: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX > Upgrade went real well with one exception I'll get to in a mom

Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Adam Thayer
Sorry, but at this point the only option is an expensive one. Drive Savers can recover data from a drive like this (as long as you aren't writing data to the disk!!!)... but they charge a very hefty fee to do so, as they use clean rooms, special equipment and take your drive apart to read the p

Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Steve Kerney
Upgrade went real well with one exception I'll get to in a moment. Thanks for your suggestions. They helped me overcome my trepidation and go for it. Prior to installation, I decided to "erase" my OS X partition (Special -> Erase Disk) I but had the wrong disk partition selected ("Backup" in