Data Rescue is the only one that may work...but if he has 
re-initialized it, it may well be gone for good.

I would try DiskWarrior, but the results there may be doomed as well, 
due to the original directory being erased. But he may luck out with a 
newer version.

So, Data Rescue?  (now sold by Prosoft)

If the files aren't erased (he didn't do a reformat/partition) then 
they may still be recoverable.

Robert


On Monday, April 28, 2003, at 12:41  AM, Laurent SIEBENMANN wrote:

>
>
> Hi All,
>
> A young friend hastily reinitialized his ATA 17Go hard disk on
> his G4 PB 500 after a crash.  On that disk there are (hopefully)
> still some precious ASCII files -- his own source code in
> particular not to mention part of his thesis. What program should
> he use to locate and rescue the data?
>
> If it were the old days with SCSI and OS 7.5x the answer
> could have been Noton Disk doctor 3.2.1 or HDT 1.x  --
> tools that saved me dozens of times over the years.
>
> What is the modern answer? I'll need it sometime myself,
> probably soon!
>
> Incidentally, where does one find the system calls to read
> an ATA disk sector by sector via FB^3?  In principle one
> should be able to whip up an ad hoc rescue application in a
> day!
>
> Cheers
>
> Laurent S.
>
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