At 04:57 PM 1/23/2007, Richard Moe wrote:
>Can anyone recommend data recovery programs for OS X?
>
>A user eliminated the contents of a folder that was to be burned onto
>a CD (but was too big) by replacing it with the burn folder alias.
>Are there recovery programs that could restore those files?
>
>I see such things as FileSalvage and Data Rescue II, but I have no
>experience with them.
In the message "Re: [MAGNet] OS X data recovery", dated 2007-01-24,
Roy A. Baril wrote:
> Prosoft Engineering, Inc. has a program called Data Rescue that
>works great. Contact them at: www.prosofteng.com
A response that I sent a while back to a similar query:
> For data recovery under OS X, the two tools I'd suggest looking at
>are DiskWarrior (AlSoft) and Data Rescue II (Prosoft). The former
>can repair a great many types of file system damage and mount a
>'repaired' volume without committing those repairs; one can then
>recover data from that volume without having to make any
>irreversible changes. The latter has a reputation for enabling at
>least partial data recovery in situations where other tools have
>failed. To recover utterly vital, irreplaceable data, or in
>challenging recovery situations, there are a number of service
>bureaus that can expertly recover data, at prices ranging from the
>high hundreds of dollars into the thousands of dollars.
Given the nature of the data loss in this situation, I'd echo Roy's
recommendation to first explore Data Rescue II.
Aron Roberts
Information Services and Technology
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