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help: just lost all data on firewire drive
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Jul 25, 2005, 08:21 PM
 
i was using norton speed disk and it came up on an error, disk is damaged please run disk doctor...

then all was lost...i've tried unerease, vol recoverer, filesaver etc...


i decided to dismount to vol until i get help

i'm on panther the drive is a la cie 195gig firewire drive

any suggestions and or how much is it to get it recovered profesionally?

thx

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Jul 25, 2005, 09:24 PM
 
Try DiskWarrior. Most of the Norton apps seem to cause more damage than they fix, but DiskWarrior may still be able to fix the problem.
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Jul 25, 2005, 09:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by ironknee
i was using norton...
Fixed™

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Jul 26, 2005, 08:38 AM
 
Do. Never. Use. Norton.

Recovering professionally costs several thousand dollars, AFAIK. Depending on data volume and damage. I your case, it only logical damage, maybe the exorbitant prices are only when recovering from physically damaged drives. But a few hundred bucks a the least.
     
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Jul 26, 2005, 07:29 PM
 
definitely try diskwarrior; saved one of my fw drives last year.
& norton is a no-no....
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Jul 27, 2005, 08:36 PM
 
well thanks all

i got disk warrior and ran it but it only sees nothing...however...the physical drive size is 195gig. DW reads 183gigs and it says:

DiskWarrior has successfully built a new directory for the disk named "LaCie d2 195 GB." The new directory cannot replace the original directory due to a Mac OS services failure.

so i imagine...somewhare the original directory is still there and all the files too....

hmmm

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