Data Recovery

In article ,
cab.TakeThisOut@noonethere.com (c.bennett) wrote:

> I've tried out Virtual Lab Data Recover Version 4.0.12 and it appears to do
> the job in the manner I desire. BUT, at $39.95 for 100 MB to $149.95 for 1
> TB, this is just too costly. The annual license is over $200.00. What I
> need is to recover the occasional file I delete by mistake. This can easily
> go over 100 mb.
>
> Does anyone use another program which is less costly and/or free.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Running OSX 10.6.4 on an MacBook.

Again, it's always better to invest in a robust and reliable proactive
backup solution before investing in recovery solutions that are useful
only after catastrophe has occurred!

So get yourself an external (or internal, depending on your computer
model) hard drive, connect it to your computer, and enable Time Machine.
Next time you lose a file, simply recover it from the Time Machine
backup. Done deal.

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In article , C. Bennett
wrote:

> I use Time Machine and I have an external drive.

great, so you're all set.

> For those times when I
> mess up and delete something that isn't backed up,

why isn't it backed up? obviously it's nothing important (otherwise it
would have been backed up), so no loss if you delete it.

> I would like to have
> another means to correct my goof. Nothing wrong with having more than
> one option. Still open for suggestions from anyone.

look into other backup solutions.

also keep in mind that recovery apps don't generally work, especially
when you've used the drive for a while after realizing you deleted
something by mistake.
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In article ,
cab DeleteThis @noonethere.com (C. Bennett) wrote:

> TaliesinSoft wrote:
> > On 2010-10-23 10:57:02 -0500, c.bennett said:
> >
> > > I've tried out Virtual Lab Data Recover Version 4.0.12 and it appears
> > > to do the job in the manner I desire. BUT, at $39.95 for 100 MB to
> > > $149.95 for 1 TB, this is just too costly. The annual license is over
> > > $200.00. What I need is to recover the occasional file I delete by
> > > mistake. This can easily go over 100 mb.
> > >
> > > Does anyone use another program which is less costly and/or free.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > >
> > > Running OSX 10.6.4 on an MacBook.
> >
> > It seems to me that you are a perfect candidate for running Time
> > Machine. For about $100 or likely even less you can buy an external USB
> > 1TB drive which can host Time Machine. With that combination you will
> > have no problem recovering "deleted by mistake" files. An exception
> > would be a file created and deleted between Time Machine's hourly
> > backups.
>
> Thanks for reply.
>
> I use Time Machine and I have an external drive. For those times when I
> mess up and delete something that isn't backed up, I would like to have
> another means to correct my goof.

That's good to hear.

If you just want to make occasional *full* backups of your entire hard
drive, you could use the free version of SuperDuper to accomplish that,
but you'll ned a place to store the resulting disk image.

> Nothing wrong with having more than
> one option. Still open for suggestions from anyone.
>
> Regards.......

A friend of mine told me recently that "Copycat X" ($60) was able to
recover data from a failing hard drive of his when most other software
was unable to do so:

<http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&prod
ucts_id=7>

TechTool Pro has a Data Recovery component. You might check into that.
It's available for $79 (cheaper if you look around a bit) online:

<http://www.micromat.com>

And of course, as you know, there are other more expensive solutions
available.

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