David
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
John Steinbeck
On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:42 AM, J GH wrote:
> --- In macbook@yahoogroups.com, Bob Cook <cookrd1@...> wrote:
> >
> > Boot from an external drive, install Data Rescue and search for deleted
> > files (in expert mode). Then, in Mail, create a new mailbox and import the
> > files. Note, I don't use Apple Mail, but I think this should work.
> >
> > This is an excellent example of why I recommend using a cloud-based service
> > such as GMail to archive your messages (or to switch to entirely).<snipped>
> --------
>
> Thanks for the reminder, Bob--I've heard of Data Rescue. I'll try their demo as soon as I get the drive back from the store and buy it if it looks like it can find what we need.
>
> Apple used to include Tech Tool Pro with Macs, but I have not seen it around lately.
>
> I had a horrendously bad experience with Norton Utilities back in my PC days (ca.1988) and have been very careful ever since.
>
> Does anyone have a line on an inexpensive enclosure for MBPro drives, since I'll need one for housing the drive when it comes back to me? I have one for older larger drives but I'm betting the small size calls for something different.
>
> I just ordered a firewire 800 to 400 cable from Monoprice.com. Those guys are really reasonable on both prices and shipping costs.
>
> Clouds, I dunno, we'll see ;-)
>
> JH
>
>
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