I recently reinstalled OS X 10.4 on my Intel MacBook Pro --
unfortunately (for me) I forgot to backup one very important file.

I have not used the MacBook since re-installing the operating system
-- it's still sitting at the new user signup screen.

Can anyone recommend a process or software that can help me recover
this data?

Thanks,

rswolff

rswolff@gmail.com wrote:
> I recently reinstalled OS X 10.4 on my Intel MacBook Pro --
> unfortunately (for me) I forgot to backup one very important file.
> 
> I have not used the MacBook since re-installing the operating system
> -- it's still sitting at the new user signup screen.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a process or software that can help me recover
> this data?
> 

Depending on where the file was you're probably screwed.

Greg

In article 
<76a3a7e0-8c64-4ad9-8fef-918f20f75595@d21g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
 rswolff@gmail.com wrote:

> I recently reinstalled OS X 10.4 on my Intel MacBook Pro --
> unfortunately (for me) I forgot to backup one very important file.
> 
> I have not used the MacBook since re-installing the operating system
> -- it's still sitting at the new user signup screen.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a process or software that can help me recover
> this data?

If you did an Erase & Install, you'll need to get Data Rescue: 
<http://www.prosofteng.com/>. But if you did an Update, or an Archive & 
Install with keeping users, your data ought to still be there.

-- 
Sander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/>

Mac user: "Macs only have 40 viruses, tops!"
PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!"

You re-install the operating system without backup and you want your
data back. You can only if data has not been overwritten. There are
tools which provides data recovery from mac volumes. You can give a
try to Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery Software. Download the
free demo version from the site: http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/
Demo will let you see the preview of the recovered data, if it shows
you the data then it means it will provide the recovery.

In article
<30e13963-e0aa-44d1-895c-6a2220720573@f3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
<jerry.tim@gmail.com> wrote:

> You re-install the operating system without backup and you want your
> data back. You can only if data has not been overwritten. There are
> tools which provides data recovery from mac volumes. You can give a
> try to Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery Software. Download the
> free demo version from the site: http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/
> Demo will let you see the preview of the recovered data, if it shows
> you the data then it means it will provide the recovery.

stay away!  this product does not work very well at all (last time i
tried it, it found *nothing*) and it's also repeatedly spammed to
newsgroups.  plus, it's rather amusing that the 'reviews and awards'
section of their web site geared for *mac* users lists *pc* magazines
praising it.  

stick with trusted recovery tools such as data rescue, which is not
only excellent, but it's cheaper too.

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In article <d184f5c7-4d1b-4646-abf1-ee5a076325e0@googlegroups.com>,
 rodyruby@gmail.com wrote:

> When the HFS, HFS file system and MAC hard disks get corrupted, damaged, 
> formatted or deleted due to any problem, user loses the entire data stored in 

Like I'd trust some scum sucking company that advertises their 
questionable services via SPAM.  Go back to working as a General 
Contractor and screw customers.  Or selling cars.  Or selling 
step-in-showers to the elderly.

-- 
DeeDee, don't press that button!  DeeDee!  NO!  Dee...
[I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically ignored]

In article <vilain-E1A892.08442612072012@news.individual.net>,
 Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
<snip>
  
> Or selling step-in-showers to the elderly.

Yeah!  We want dem *drive-in* showers!

---  Joe