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Recovering files after re-install
Name: furpurse Date: February 20, 2006 at 09:31:00 Pacific OS: OS X 10.4.5 CPU/Ram: 1.42GHZ. 512MB Product: Emac
Comment:
Is there a way of recovering video files after a quick format and re-install? I know that you can't if you "zero all data"
Name: bobw Date: February 20, 2006 at 10:35:28 Pacific
Reply:
Unlikely you'll be able to recover anything after a reformat. You could try data rescue, or a data recovery company.
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Response Number 2
Name: nephite Date: February 27, 2006 at 06:13:23 Pacific
Reply:
Actually, I would disagree with that comment. The OS is installed on the first few gigabytes of a hard drive and the rest is used for data storage. I suspect if you just reinstalled the OS then you should be able to access all of your data again using some data recovery software, like data rescue mentioned above, as it should still be there.
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