re recovering a file

2007-10-08 Thread faj
Thank you both Robert & Reg for your replies, Even though I foolishly didn't check before I sent off my SOS I am very grateful for your suggestions. This information is all on file now for the time I really do have a problem. Regards Faye -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archi

Re: recovering a file

2007-10-07 Thread Reg Whitely
Dear Faye I note you have fould it again. I thought you might be interested in Photorescue anyway. Im about 99.01% sure it would retrieve any deleted items provided they haven't been overwritten. Hence follow Bob's advice, download a demo of Photorescue onto another mac, then set it to se

Re: recovering a file

2007-10-07 Thread Malcolm McCallum
We ALL live and learn from the Gurus -- thanks for that info Bob Mac On 08/10/2007, at 12:28 PM, Robert Howells wrote: First , Stop using the Mac ... SHUT IT DOWN .. until you get the answer to that question. While you are using it ... information is still being recorded to your dri

re recovering a file

2007-10-07 Thread faj
Please forgive & ignore the last request. In my panic at the thought of losing the file I did not spend some time searching. The file had not been thrown away after all. It was an important video for me to archive. I must learn to back up these files more often. Sorry to trouble any one F

Re: recovering a file

2007-10-07 Thread Robert Howells
First , Stop using the Mac ... SHUT IT DOWN .. until you get the answer to that question. While you are using it ... information is still being recorded to your drive by cache files and all sorts of things. WHICH MAY OVER WRITE THE FILEyou wish to retrieve . Later you can st

recovering a file

2007-10-07 Thread faj
Hi, I have just made a big mistake & trashed an avi file I really wanted to keep. Is there any way I can recover this file before I shut down my Mac? I am using a G4 with Tiger 10.4.10 Thanks Faye -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -