Re: Mac data recovery needed!? Help!!!! Local to LA, or anywhere reliable!!??

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From: TM Petaccia
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 00:00

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r paul seymour wrote in message ...
>
>Hello. I have a grave situation. I took my computer in to a Mac authorized
>service store in Pasadena to have what was supposed to be a simple
>procedure performed. I just purchased a new 4G drive and an external case.
>In my 7600 I had a 1G and 2G drive. ...  ...They went back and fiddled
>some more, then suddenly, the 2G was an EMPTY disk named UNTITLED!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>The explanation: "It's a mystery." "Mysterious things happen." "I have no
>idea how that could have happened." Of course, later, it was explained
>that there's no way for a drive to become formatted unless someone chooses
>to have it happen!! So, it's either "mysterious forces" or they formatted
>it accidentally and wouldn't admit it.  ...


If they indeed reformatted your drive, your info is gone, period. If they
simply initialized, or erased it, it *might* be recoverable from a group
like DriveSavers, but I wouldn't bet heavy on it.  Just goes to show the
best recovery software is a good backup strategy.

  -TMP-

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From: "TM Petaccia" <tmpet@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Mac data recovery needed!? Help!!!! Local to LA, or anywhere reliable!!??
Date: 1998/05/25
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