Bought refurbished 2008 Intel iMac 8 months ago and under warranty. Had all files pointed to an external except for photos/videos. Fortunately any prior to that I have backed up. But this is what I stand to lose, the last 8 months of images and videos.
Apple Store deemed the hard drive broken and will replace it. I went back and picked up the iMac prior to the replacement to see about data recovery on the drive. I've researched http://prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php which can recover data from hard drives it can locate. I called and their tech support said if Mac's Disc Utility doesn't recognize the internal hard drive, then neither will the Data Recovery 3 software.
So, the only other option is have the internal hard drive removed and looked at. I've got a $100 or so limit on this recovery. I've found 2 local computer repair folks and Best Buy's Geek Squad. Don't think I'll do the latter. Anyone know the likelyhood anything can be recovered?
Apple Store deemed the hard drive broken and will replace it. I went back and picked up the iMac prior to the replacement to see about data recovery on the drive. I've researched http://prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php which can recover data from hard drives it can locate. I called and their tech support said if Mac's Disc Utility doesn't recognize the internal hard drive, then neither will the Data Recovery 3 software.
So, the only other option is have the internal hard drive removed and looked at. I've got a $100 or so limit on this recovery. I've found 2 local computer repair folks and Best Buy's Geek Squad. Don't think I'll do the latter. Anyone know the likelyhood anything can be recovered?