unRestoring an iPod

[macshoop]

My wife (sure, it was his wife) just accidentally "restored our iPod to factory settings." Don't ask why. In some ways it's no big deal, because all of the music, playlists and photos on there are still on our Macs, but I did have some additional data backed up on it I may want - I don't know exactly what it was.

I haven't added anything or reformatted it since. Is there any easy way to undo this action?

I have scanned it with SubroSoft's OfficeSalvage and found absolutely no recoverable files. I also scanned it with a demo version of their PodSalvage app and found only the individual tracks (as opposed to the entire music database file). Podsalvage saw none of the additional files that I had thrown on there and no photo file either. Does iTunes do a secure restore when someone chooses this option? I don't get why these recovery apps can't see the files.

Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can go back in time to last night and stop her from doing this (or at least get the Pod to its most recent state?

 

[Kilted1]

Sorry to hear your woes...I don't thing there is a way to un restore your Pod...If only Apple would rush that Time Machine App. :

 

[wytwolf]

Yeah restoring the ipod is the same as reformating the hard drive.....wiped clean. Then the ipod OS is installed.

 

[macshoop]

Thanks for the input. I'll just reload the music & photos and hope that I didn't need that other stuff.