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[HELP] I just formated the the wrong external HD
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04-27-2010, 12:49 AM
By accident I formated de wrong external hd, my lacie 500gb firewire that got everything.. Unfinished works and important personal files.. Does it have any solution, can I recover the formated hd? Please! I'm just mad! |
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04-27-2010, 01:08 AM
Sorry to hear if your mishap! I don't know what was on your drive, or how you formatted it, but for Mac Data Rescue 3 - powerful DIY data recovery for Mac OS X. Free trial. and for Windows which I don't know what is a good recovery software I found this one. EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard - Recover deleted, lost or formatted files and more... If it is really valuable, and money is no issue, your best bet is a data recovery specialist. |
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04-27-2010, 01:13 AM
First off don't write anything to that drive until you have decided upon a course of action. If new information is written to the drive there is a chance it will be written in the space where some of your vital information used to be. As far as I can tell you have a couple of options: 1. Recovery software such as Computer Data Recovery, Mac Data Recovery Software, Mac Data Rescue, Digital Data Recovery Disk for Mac - Data Rescue 3 . I have had varying degrees of success with these types of programs. This version has a demo which could be used to get some idea of how much data might be recovered. Haven't used it personally. 2. There are several data recovery services out there. Keep in mind that this type of service can be very expensive. Also, check them out beforehand. Some of these services have little or no experience with Mac drives/data. DriveSavers Data Recovery ? Hard Drive, Disk, & RAID Data Recovery Services seems to be the one most often mentioned on the mac side. I see 6string beat me to the punch on all counts. I gotta start typing faster. Sylvester Roque Former Contributing Editor About This Particular Macintosh No matter what time it is where I am it's early morning somewhere in the world. At that hour of the morning follow my advice at your own risk. Anything sounds good before your first cup of coffee |
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04-27-2010, 05:38 PM
data rescue 3 found my files, but the app's trial version just allow to recover 10mb.. I'm trying to find a serial.. If anyone get it please give us. Cheers |
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04-27-2010, 05:52 PM
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A few hours ago you were desperate to recover your files...and probably would have given almost anything to get them back after the hard drive format screw-up. Now that you have found a viable solution...you want to get the program for free! And you're even more unethical by asking someone to send you the serial number!!!  Come on man...do the right thing!!! - Nick - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery |
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04-28-2010, 12:34 AM
It seems to be recovered, the most important files for me are the .mov but when I try to open, appears that is not a movie file.. do u think I really lost the files? even though I've spent 99 bucks? please help me! thanx 
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04-28-2010, 12:58 AM
Apple - QuickTime - Download If you have further problems try Flip4Mac etc. |
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