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.

Jeff