On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:33:57 -0700, Bill Robbins wrote
(in article <usenet-F96ADC.08335608062008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> In article <0001HW.C463392F06C815C5F0284530@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Stephen C. <nobodyNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 27 May 2008 16:58:50 -0700, Briggs wrote
>> (in article <_e1%j.12844$3j.2920@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>>
>>> I accidentally deleted an InDesign file. Is there a utility
(preferably
>>> free, of course!) that I can use to undelete that file? I've tried
>>> downloading all the freeware and demo versions of commercial software
>>> that I can find, and none of them works, one way or another. Many of
>>> them, altho they say "Mac recovery" are actually PC applications.
Very
>>> frustrating.
>>
>> I don't usually use this type of software, as I regularly do HD
backups.
>> Like
>> daily. A quick search of www.versiontracker.com shows that Boomerang is
>> considered by some to be best of breed. It does cost money, but you can
see
>> what files it finds before you actually buy it, so if it can't find
your
>> file, then you don't need to pay for it.
>>
>> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31555&page=2
>>
>> You might do a search on versiontracker.com through their
>> backup/sync/recover
>> section and see if there are any free utilities available.
>>
>>
http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/systemutilities/backup-sync-recover
>>
>> StephenC
>
> Frankly I wouldn't trust a freebee with this sort of task, although I am
> certain some are equally reliable as the commercial version. The
> question is which ones.
How about the ones that get good reviews? One of the nicest parts of
VersionTracker is the user ratings.
>
> I trust you realise not to save anything back to the hard drive or
> partition containing the accidentally deleted file, as this would risk
> overwriting part or all of it. No application would help you then.
Not entirely true. Data can be recovered from disks even after multiple
overwrites. But this is probably beyond any software on VersionTracker.
For
that type of recovery, you are probably needing to send your disk to a
professional recovery service.
StephenC
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