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Help With Erased Hard Drive

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  • 17-02-2011 5:31pm
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    GarethBah
    Registered Users Posts: 242 ✭✭


    hi guys, basically long story short, i was using bootcamp and tried to increase the allowance of ubuntu but i messed up and deleted my partion, so i had to reinstall osx, to do so i had to erase/re-partion my hard drive, i'm wondering is it possible to get any files back, i need 1 word document i have the rest backed up.

    Thanks :D


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    ZENER
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    I presume you didn't have a Time Machine back-up ?

    I've recovered files from a formatted Mac Drive using Mac Forensic Lab in the past so it is possible but can take quite a few hours to complete. It's not cheap though !!

    This is a cheaper option but still costs 90 dollars !! I'm sure there must be a free/cheaper option out there somewhere ?!

    Ken


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    Talisman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,062 ✭✭✭Talisman


    Data Rescue can recover such files. Try the trial version to see if the file can be found.


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    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    bedlam wrote: »
    If you really want to try something, get Photorec and have it scan the unallocated space.

    This download expands to something that includes a folder called "Darwin". Nothing inside will run as an application on my G4 OS10.4.11. How does one install it?


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    NullZer0
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    I don't know much about Mac File System architecture but I'm sure this is recoverable if you can mount it with a linux CD (I'd be very suprised if you couldn't).


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    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    Ah, OK, I was only vaguely interested as I already own "Data Rescue". Having read this, I won't bother with "Photorec". But I'm sure that others will be grateful for the information!

    :)


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    Hugh_C
    Registered Users Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭Hugh_C


    Critical Data Services out in Finglas offer a recovery service. Very thoroughand professional. Expensive but I suspect they'd find your files for you. Software alternatives are likely to reduce your chances of a full recovery.


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