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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 999458" data-attributes="member: 46727">If you don't have a backup, it may wind up costing you some $$$ to get at your data.&nbsp; The problem with Disk Warrior, Drive Genius, or any other comparable software is that they have to be able to access the hard drive in order to get your data from it.&nbsp; You can certainly try one of them - I believe they (all) offer a trial version to test first.As for a Leopard install disk, booting with it will only allow you to run Disk Utility which is probably going to tell you the same thing about the drive.&nbsp; However, you do need your original install disk to reinstall Leopard.Buying a new copy of Leopard is going to be expensive.&nbsp; Probably around $200 or so.Your best option for now is if you have another Mac or a friend with a Mac, you can try accessing your hard drive from the other Mac using Target Disk Mode.&nbsp; That requires a firewire to firewire connection.See the following Apple KB article on how to do it.&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661" target="_blank">LINK</a>Regards.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chscag, post: 999458, member: 46727"] If you don't have a backup, it may wind up costing you some $$$ to get at your data. The problem with Disk Warrior, Drive Genius, or any other comparable software is that they have to be able to access the hard drive in order to get your data from it. You can certainly try one of them - I believe they (all) offer a trial version to test first. As for a Leopard install disk, booting with it will only allow you to run Disk Utility which is probably going to tell you the same thing about the drive. However, you do need your original install disk to reinstall Leopard. Buying a new copy of Leopard is going to be expensive. Probably around $200 or so. Your best option for now is if you have another Mac or a friend with a Mac, you can try accessing your hard drive from the other Mac using Target Disk Mode. That requires a firewire to firewire connection. See the following Apple KB article on how to do it. [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661"]LINK[/URL] Regards. [/QUOTE]

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