On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:02:51 +0100, "Chimp" <mjupforit@hotmail.com>
brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>
>"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
>

Where the fuck is "Spinrite" mentioned in any of what you replied to?





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Michael Cash

"Clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right, Mr. Cash.
Clowns and jokers."

                                Prof. Ernest T. Bass
                                Mount Pilot College