Sigi Rindler wrote:
> 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?:-)

Though I have nowhere near as much data (about 30GB total) I can
understand how you feel.

I am very concerned about losing about 16 years' worth of personal
data, dating back to my university days, myself, particularly as I
prepare to hand my computers over this week to complete strangers who
are less than forthright about why they need so much money from me
(separate post) to be put at sea for at least a month, and Apple no
longer selling any old software such as System 9.X or AppleWorks which
would be able to operate on my four year old computer still using the
Classic environment. I couldn't even get OS X 10.3 the day after Tiger
was released, or a new replacement keyboard for anything under OS X
10.2.8.

[Today the local salesman even claimed (after a call to the maker) that
the only way for me to get the Classic operating environment 9.2.2
(comes on a disk separate from the Tiger installation disks) to use ALL
my old software (don't have ANY native OS X software, not even
shareware games) would be to buy a NEW Mac while still in Japan to get
the included software disks. Screw that. Even my professor assures me
my four year old computer is fine for my program and to login to the
university's system.]

Any Mac people out there who would know how to recover a crashed disk
without resorting to professional help? I've got Norton Utilities, but
I've never had to recover more than a single deleted file. At least I
have two complete backup drives.