"Michael Cash" <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote in message
news:p4nua196gv2rj964i3ivui01dkos3nvdmb@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:37:01 +0900, "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com>
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
> >Michael Cash wrote:
> >> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:19:52 +0900, "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com>
> >> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> >>
> >>> Michael Cash wrote:
> >>>> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:36:05 +0900, "mr.sumo.snr."
> >>>> <mr_sumo@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> >>>>
> >>>>> "Sigi Rindler" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
> >>>>> news:42ae2b61$1_1@spool9-west.superfeed.net...
> >>>>>> I have just done something very stupid since I was still half
> >>>>>> asleep.
> >>>>>> I erased the contents of  partition E, however, it was partition E
> >>>>>> on another machine which is connected to the same monitor!!!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I realized it before emptying the recycle bin and restored the
> >>>>>> data. However, only a fraction of 40 GB was restored.
> >>>>>> The recycle bin is now empty, and drive E shows 38 GB of free
> >>>>>> space.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is there any way to get the data back? I haven't touched this
> >>>>>> partition since the mishap occurred.
> >>>>>> I have a couple of data recovery softwares, but I'd rather ask an
> >>>>>> expert before destroying something that can still be salvaged.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is there any hope, or do I need to jump from the basement
> >>>>>> window?:-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I used something called DiskCommander in a similar situation a few
> >>>>> years ago http://www.pillar-solutions.com/p_disk_commander/ it
> >>>>> worked - that's all I can remember about it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sadly, the 50Gb of music files that it recovered - three years of
> >>>>> careful collecting, were lost, together with a further 100Gb of
> >>>>> files,  when a seperate hard disk crashed, and no matter what I
> >>>>> tried I couldn't rescue jack shit a second time.  I need one of
> >>>>> those hard disk platter scanners like they used in CSI once - and
> >>>>> the 50,000 dollars they probably cost.
> >>>
> >>> For high volume backups, all you need is an external hard drive that
> >>> you can plug in easily (firewire) to keep backups of stuff. For the
> >>> really important stuff (pictures and docs) I keep a set of backup
> >>> DVDs at home and one at the office.
> >>
> >> For some odd reason, I read your comments as being in reply to what I
> >> wrote. Then I noticed that you deleted everything I wrote.
> >
> >That is odd. I don't recall deleting (nor did I intend to delete) what
you
> >wrote, but even the message in my sent items has your stuff deleted...
>
> I'm used to being ignored by other humans, but apparently now even
> computers I've never met hate me too.
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I would recommend Spinrite too. There is actually a new version out that can
recover files on all sorts of partitions including Linux, NTFS etc etc. W
ehave just bought it for our company