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Darklord
Aug 9, 2006, 09:14 AM
Is it possable to recover files from a hardrive that has been wiped when the OS was reinstalled? My Computer is a G5 the Os was updated to a 10.4.7.
I mean 5-10 small files the rest I have backed up or can just reinstall


ElectricSheep
Aug 9, 2006, 03:59 PM
Is it possable to recover files from a hardrive that has been wiped when the OS was reinstalled? My Computer is a G5 the Os was updated to a 10.4.7.
I mean 5-10 small files the rest I have backed up or can just reinstall

Provided you have not used the disk since wiping it, Data Rescue II (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10259) should be able to recover most of the files that were on the drive. If the disk has been used since wiping, there is a chance that the files you want to recover have been overwritten and are lost to the infinite void.
Darklord
Aug 10, 2006, 09:49 AM
Yah, me and a freind over aim spent hours looking for a tool that would recover data. but me and my dad relized that the data on the machine wasn't worth 99$ that this program would cost. also i did a scan with it and it couldn't find the .mus files from MelodyAssistant that had all the musical compositions that I wrote down.