Hi!
I have an iMac G4 with an 60GB HD and an external 250GB Maxtor Onetouch II HD (5 months old). The external drive is partitioned - one section for backing up my internal and the other for various files (photos, itunes, etc.) and storing backup VOB files I am writing to DVD. Recently, the second partition stopped showing up on the Finder screen. When I run Disk Utilities, it shows the drive as a white piece of paper with a curled corner and says there are no problems. That said, it can't be accessed and the scan doesn't reveal any of the files I have stored there.
Initially, I thought this might be related to my Tiger upgrade. Then I remembered that it initially worked fine after the upgrade. I remember this because I had to upgrade Popcorn after installing Tiger to continue my DVD backup project. So, I no longer think that it is Tiger related. I was messing around with the file permissions in the Get Info area though, which was about the time that this all started. I am pretty sure I did not inadvertantly delete the drive image though.
I have read that both DiskWarrior and Data Rescue are considered good products for data recovery, but I'm not sure if this is either the right application for them or which I should try first if it is. Also, I have very little storage left on my internal hardrive. How does the restoration program work? Do I need a third hard drive to write the restored files to?
Thanks for any assistance that can be offered.
Regards,
AS
I have an iMac G4 with an 60GB HD and an external 250GB Maxtor Onetouch II HD (5 months old). The external drive is partitioned - one section for backing up my internal and the other for various files (photos, itunes, etc.) and storing backup VOB files I am writing to DVD. Recently, the second partition stopped showing up on the Finder screen. When I run Disk Utilities, it shows the drive as a white piece of paper with a curled corner and says there are no problems. That said, it can't be accessed and the scan doesn't reveal any of the files I have stored there.
Initially, I thought this might be related to my Tiger upgrade. Then I remembered that it initially worked fine after the upgrade. I remember this because I had to upgrade Popcorn after installing Tiger to continue my DVD backup project. So, I no longer think that it is Tiger related. I was messing around with the file permissions in the Get Info area though, which was about the time that this all started. I am pretty sure I did not inadvertantly delete the drive image though.
I have read that both DiskWarrior and Data Rescue are considered good products for data recovery, but I'm not sure if this is either the right application for them or which I should try first if it is. Also, I have very little storage left on my internal hardrive. How does the restoration program work? Do I need a third hard drive to write the restored files to?
Thanks for any assistance that can be offered.
Regards,
AS