Data Rescue

[Ash]

I accidentally formatted my MacBook with 5 years of photos, documents and music on yesterday and I'm mortified.
The thing is that I had my MacBook hooked up to my Vista PC in target disk mode so I could transfer my data to Windows but I clicked format, but as soon as I realized what was going on I pulled the firewire link, this was about 2 seconds after the format started.
I hooked up the MacBook HD to my other mac and used Data Rescue 2 to see if it could get anything and it seemed like it recovered everything, but now the files dont play or open?
Does anyone know how I can get these working again?

 

[JeffCGD]

From what I've heard of the way Data Rescue functions, it identifies filetype during recovery and little else. Its function is pure recovery, and it assumes nothing more. You'll have to go through your personal data files (assume your system files are a loss) and identify what you can. This software is for an emergency, 'last ditch effort', and does not take the place of a good backup.

So good luck, and make sure you make and maintain a bootable external backup in the future if you want to avoid any possible repeats.

 

[Mikuro]

Did you use the quick mode or the thorough mode of Data Rescue? Whichever you used, try the other. Yes, even the quick mode can sometimes work when the thorough mode fails.