I need help!

[clintlove]

I was dragging some files from a spotlight finder window to open in Freehand MX. The files didn't follow the cursor, so I put the cursor back over the original finder window and released. I got a system message (which I can't remember; I had pulled an all nighter working on the very files I'm writing about) but none the less, I hit cancel, then my files disappeared.

The only thing I can think of, is if the operating system was acting slow and it thought I was trying add the files back to the finder window, so it would of asked about replacing them. But hitting cancel shouldn't have caused them to disappear, it should have canceled the action no matter what the message. It was quite a number of files, and this all happend in a number of seconds. If they were going to be erased, I'm sure I would have been prompt another message, and it would have taken some time.

Now my files are gone from their original folders, and spotlight will not find them anymore. The files are not in my trash bin either. Isn't it ironic that I was openning the files to consolidate them for backup to a external hard drive. I think so. Any help?

[asdf_admin]

o crap. that sounds like a nightmare. i think you are fucked. if you tried all your system tools and can not locate them .... I would kiss them good bye. have you turned off your computer since this recent nightmare action?

[clintlove]

Re: I need help!

yes.

[supaz]

Re: I need help!

Isn't there some kind of mac file recovery app?

I'm sure it's still lurking somewhere in the HD

[PUFFY]

Re: I need help!

i have something that will help u ... i hope the file isn`t to big and that u didn`t save anything on that partition ... if it isn`t to big u can recover it so on http://www.runtime.org/ try
GetDataBack - Data Recovery for FAT V2.31
or
GetDataBack - Data Recovery for NTFS V2.31
depending on your partition tipe ... scan your hard disk and after search what u deleted ... it`s a verry good software once i recovered a full deleted hard disk ... i hope it will help u good luck

[lmmadic]

Re: I need help!

yeah that should do the trick, but whatever you do don't mess around with you're computer too much, you could be overwriting it.
good luck

[Kamal]

Re: I need help!

i have something that will help u ... i hope the file isn`t to big and that u didn`t save anything on that partition ... if it isn`t to big u can recover it so on http://www.runtime.org/ try
GetDataBack - Data Recovery for FAT V2.31
or
GetDataBack - Data Recovery for NTFS V2.31
depending on your partition tipe ... scan your hard disk and after search what u deleted ... it`s a verry good software once i recovered a full deleted hard disk ... i hope it will help u good luck

that is Micro$oft based, he's running OSX

[supaz]

Re: I need help!

Try this...for OSX

Data Rescue - 10.4.3
emergency file recovery from crashed/corrupt drives

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

I don't know if this is a demo. You might have to go to the developer's site.

[PUFFY]

Re: I need help!

oh sry than my bad : :?

[tiddles]

Re: I need help!

my fuckin iBook won't even turn on anymore

[13kickdrums]

Re: I need help!

my fuckin iBook won't even turn on anymore

...thats a pretty general problem without much explanation of the things you HAVE tried and in the order of which youve tried them...



as far as the topic of this thread is concerned, i can only empathize as a fellow tiger user. ive had no issues yet but im sorry about your loss....

[clintlove]

Re: I need help!

thanks for the help and concern fellas, I've got a friend who has a Norton file recovery disc. I'll try that tonigt and see what happens. I'll keep my fingers crossed.