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Old September 19th, 2005, 02:14 PM
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Undo Deleted Files????

Is there any way to find files that were deleted accidentally?

Any way to FIND, RESTORE, RETRIEVE???

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Old September 19th, 2005, 03:11 PM
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Old September 19th, 2005, 04:17 PM
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...hence the definition of "deleted." Once they're gone, they're gone.

You can try software such as ProSoft's Data Rescue, but if you've used the computer for any length of time after you deleted the files (as opposed to immediately ceasing use of the computer and shutting it down after you deleted the files), your chances of successfully recovering them just went down significantly, hovering somewhere around "probably not recoverable."

You can try it out here to see if it helps, and if it does (and the deleted data is worth the price of the software) you can purchase it later:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/1133

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Old September 19th, 2005, 05:35 PM
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We are of course assuming that you already did check the trash for them...
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