> OMG I need some help - (10.2.8) > > I just had a very very important folder of more than 10 gigs in size > get deleted from one of my drives. > I was using OnyX to do some clean up - it's always worked pretty good > in the past, but this time the wrong options must have been selected ( > you think?) > I need these files bad! This folder contained A LOT of folders of my > photo archives & some related apps. Can anyone help me to recover the > main folder? The only way I know of to recover erased files is the > Norton's un-erase or recover thing. The problem with that is I'm too > convinced of Norton's abilities ( although, I 'm attempting it as I > type here) and it also shows every minute file from an app, etc. > individually. Even if I did recover them - I wouldn't have a clue where > they go. Norton's is also showing different files from with in the > deleted folder to be coming from separate drives (?) I'd really like to > be able to recover the entire folder as one item if it's possible. > > The other issue that might be complicating things is me :-) > I'm really not all that knowledgeable about the inner workings of OSX ( > and I don't know squat about unix) > If there's a better way/app/utility to recover the folder/files - > please I need a huge clue - I'm lost here. > (short of sending the drive out to some data recovery company - I don't > think I could afford it right now) > From time to time, I read you folks talking about backing > up/archiving/etc. but I think I'm missing something here - you might as > well be speaking a different language sometimes - I really don't grasp > the whole "backing up" thing completely. I have 4 - 40gig, 2- 60gig, > and a 120 gig drive running on 2 different machines. If I back all this > up, where do I put it? or like I said, am I misunderstanding a crucial > bit of know what here? My clandestine approach to this was to keep > getting more drives, but that never addressed what to do if THIS were > to happen. > > ANY help would really be appreciated. > > Thanks > -T- > Data Rescue 3 is your best bet. You can get it from here <http://www.prosofteng.com/index.php?datarescue> plus plenty of information.
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