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...