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<blockquote data-quote="Sertorius" data-source="post: 865477" data-attributes="member: 107078">So i've bought DiskWarrior at the price of $130.00 CAD and it has availed me not as it could not rebuild what was broken.Now i've bought Data Rescue II at the price of $120.00 CAD and it appears to have rescued sweet **** all.1. I boot to Data Rescue II.&nbsp; 2. I Select Drive to Scan (I can see my external hard drive in this list).&nbsp; I choose to scan the &quot;Macintosh HD&quot; (and all other options after the nefarious step detailed below).3. Now I get to choose &quot;Select Working Volume&quot;.&nbsp; I see the 4GB &quot;Boot Volume&quot;, the bootable Data Rescue Drive.&nbsp; And I see &quot;Macintosh HD&quot;.&nbsp; My external hard drive (USB) is not there to utilize as a working volume.&nbsp; Selecting the two available volumes results in failure.Please someone point out how much of an idiot I am for not putting a check in a checkbox somewhere, for not selecting what I was supposed to select, or for letting my GF buy a Mac in the first place. Extremely dejected, any advice or clarity would be much appreciated.EDIT &gt; I just wanted to add... this iMac was bought on June 7th of 2008, two weeks after the factory warranty expires.&nbsp; This is a fresh machine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sertorius, post: 865477, member: 107078"] So i've bought DiskWarrior at the price of $130.00 CAD and it has availed me not as it could not rebuild what was broken. Now i've bought Data Rescue II at the price of $120.00 CAD and it appears to have rescued sweet **** all. 1. I boot to Data Rescue II. 2. I Select Drive to Scan (I can see my external hard drive in this list). I choose to scan the "Macintosh HD" (and all other options after the nefarious step detailed below). 3. Now I get to choose "Select Working Volume". I see the 4GB "Boot Volume", the bootable Data Rescue Drive. And I see "Macintosh HD". My external hard drive (USB) is not there to utilize as a working volume. Selecting the two available volumes results in failure. Please someone point out how much of an idiot I am for not putting a check in a checkbox somewhere, for not selecting what I was supposed to select, or for letting my GF buy a Mac in the first place. Extremely dejected, any advice or clarity would be much appreciated. EDIT > I just wanted to add... this iMac was bought on June 7th of 2008, two weeks after the factory warranty expires. This is a fresh machine. [/QUOTE]

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