cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu (Scum) (09/28/89)
Does anybody know of any place which does data recovery on apple hard disks? I'm afraid that, as humiliating as this public confession is, I must admit that I was not really backing up my harddisk, and the disk died on me (I was going to get the backup programme just that week!). There if a lot of information I would like to recover from it since it is impossible to get it from another source. Any leads will be gratefully accepted. Thanks, -- Chris. PS: I tried Workman Assoc. and they failed. I don't know how they normally are (I've heard they're supposed to be pretty good) but they seem to have made an error in judgment at one point and lost the one chance they had to get the information. Now more sophisticated techniques seem to be required. -- -- Chris. (cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu) "People make me pro-nuclear." -- Margarette Smith
a379@mindlink.UUCP (Gordon Mulcaster) (09/29/89)
> cycy writes: > > I'm afraid that, as humiliating as this public confession is, I must admit > that I was not really backing up my harddisk, and the disk died on me (I was > going to get the backup programme just that week!). I lost mine DURING a backup, then in my recovery attempts I lost all the information... SUM sucks. ttul gm
heap@bmc.uu.se (09/30/89)
In article <6312@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu (Scum) writes: > [stuff deleted] There if a lot > of information I would like to recover from it since it is impossible to get it > from another source. Any leads will be gratefully accepted. > > Thanks, > -- Chris. You might try to get a copy of SUM (Symantec Utilities for the Macintosh), and use that on your disc. It's at least worth a try. koenig@tdb.uu.se NOT the adress in the header - the mail go astray if you use it!
cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu (Scum) (09/30/89)
In article <2603.2523b170@bmc.uu.se>, heap@bmc.uu.se writes: > In article <6312@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu (Scum) writes: > > [stuff deleted] There if a lot > > of information I would like to recover from it since it is impossible to get it > > from another source. Any leads will be gratefully accepted. > > You might try to get a copy of SUM (Symantec Utilities for the Macintosh), > and use that on your disc. It's at least worth a try. Thanks. I got this suggestion in the mail too (thanks to you folks who responded; I'll send mail to you later). The problem is, my disk died of ome kind of hard error, not a soft one. I'm not sure what condition it's in now after this past attempted recovery process. I might need someplace with a cleanroom where the platers can be transfered. I don't know. -- Chris. -- -- Chris. (cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu) "People make me pro-nuclear." -- Margarette Smith
simon@alberta.uucp (Simon Tortike) (10/01/89)
In article <549@mindlink.UUCP> a379@mindlink.UUCP (Gordon Mulcaster) writes: >> cycy writes: >> >> I'm afraid that, as humiliating as this public confession is, I must admit >> that I was not really backing up my harddisk, and the disk died on me (I was >> going to get the backup programme just that week!). > >I lost mine DURING a backup, then in my recovery attempts I lost all the >information... SUM sucks. > I guess everyone has his own story. I found my 40 Mbyte hard-disk trashed last night, with the Finder offering to re-initialise it after booting from a floppy. This morning I got the SUM Disk Clinic disk and recovered the entire drive in a matter of minutes. The hard disk had had the Guardian installed. That saved half a day, so SUM is OK by me. ------------------- W. Simon Tortike, | tel : 403/492-3338 Dept of Mining, Metallurgical | fax : 403/492-7219 and Petroleum Engineering, | CDNnet : simon@cs.UAlberta.CA University of Alberta, | uucp : simon@alberta.uucp Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. | ------------------- W. Simon Tortike, | tel : 403/492-3338 Dept of Mining, Metallurgical | fax : 403/492-7219 and Petroleum Engineering, | CDNnet : simon@cs.UAlberta.CA