[MacTUG] os x data recovery software -- Disk Drill RULES!

[Donald Duff-McCracken]

Hi 
There
I upgraded my copy of techtool that came with Applecare to techtool pro
(and no offence to the folks that think it is good) I found it pretty
useless. Firstly, it asks you to give it the name or part of the name of
the file (which is kind of hard when the user says 'i need anything'), and
even when I said that part of the name was .jpg it did not seem to find
much.

But all is not lost and it was not a waste of time! I then tried Disk
Drill, which is neat in that the demo lets you do the scan and then
preview the files (using quicklook). If you are satisfied that it works
for you, you then buy the package. Please note the important point,
sometimes, that quicklook view may be all that you need -- if some admin
type was panicking because they needed an important list of numbers in a
spreadsheet, for example, a screen capture of this quicklook view may be
enough.

But the best news is that they have a competitors upgrade of 50% off of
the regular price of $90 (which is not bad) so my path to Disk Drill via
Techtool Pro was not a waste.

The only downside to the package is that it cannot save file names, but it
neatly groups all the files into their file type, lets you sort by
recovery chance, date and filesize. That coupled with using quicklook in
the finder when you have recovered them, makes this not too bad.

Anyhow, two thumbs up for DiskDrill.
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Donald Duff-McCracken
Technical Services Manager
Mapping, Analysis & Design
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 x32151
http://www.environment.uwaterloo.ca/computing/people/don.html
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On 11-09-06 2:04 PM, "Richard Crispin" <rcrispin at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

>I have used Techtool pro. If you purchase apple care you get a disk with
>this on it.
>I have also used DiskWarrior.
>They use different techniques but both work.
>Richard
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>Richard Crispin
>
>On Sep 6, 2011, at 13:38, "Reg Leland" <rleland at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
>> anyone used anything that may be able to recover files from an erased
>>hard drive. os x snow leopard.
>> i know i am grasping at straws hereŠreg
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