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[HELP] I just formated the the wrong external HD
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1043321" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Ouch. I have done that before. I once deleted a Syquest cartridge with a boatload of the wife's data on it. I was in the dog house for a looong time over that one. </p><p></p><p>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:</p><p></p><p>1. Recovery software such as <a href="http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php?PHPSESSID=63ca4c20fa19ca4931f7df698487cd62" target="_blank">Computer Data Recovery, Mac Data Recovery Software, Mac Data Rescue, Digital Data Recovery Disk for Mac - Data Rescue 3</a> . 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.</p><p></p><p>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. <a href="http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/" target="_blank">DriveSavers Data Recovery ? Hard Drive, Disk, & RAID Data Recovery Services</a> seems to be the one most often mentioned on the mac side.</p><p></p><p>I see 6string beat me to the punch on all counts. I gotta start typing faster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1043321, member: 131855"] Ouch. I have done that before. I once deleted a Syquest cartridge with a boatload of the wife's data on it. I was in the dog house for a looong time over that one. 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 [url=http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php?PHPSESSID=63ca4c20fa19ca4931f7df698487cd62]Computer Data Recovery, Mac Data Recovery Software, Mac Data Rescue, Digital Data Recovery Disk for Mac - Data Rescue 3[/url] . 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. [url=http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/]DriveSavers Data Recovery ? Hard Drive, Disk, & RAID Data Recovery Services[/url] 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. [/QUOTE]
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