Do free data recovery progs exist?? help!!

[The7artist7]

Hi guys

I have asked this under a different thread to do with how I lost the files but as it's urgent to find out if I can get them back with out buying software (I've read that osx overwrites deleted files very quickly) thought I'd ask again.

Due to a weird issue with Mail, during a clear out of my HD to free up space I deleted the pop- folder which I thought was an old obsolete account little realizing it contained all my current e-mails! @_@;;; with no backups on the server - I really need to know if I can recover these deleted files (put in system trash and emptied) or if I should accept my loss as permanent.

when I look at my inbox in mail, I have what looks like my e-mails (with dates who it's from,to,size,subject,etc) but whenever I click on one it shows a message saying I need to connect to the server to download it again.

Any help appreciated

 

[bobw]

This has a free demo you can try;

Data rescue
http://www.prosofteng.com

 

[The7artist7]

that was weird!! - what on earth was I doing on nowonder.com !! when I clicked on your reply link in the e-mail notification of your post!??

 

[The7artist7]

btw - tried that demo - it looked great but only allowed me to SEE a file that may be the one I need to recover - not recover it until I shell out $99! (they do let you recover 1 file in the demo but only 5mb or smaller) I must've tried about 5 different demos that all only let you see files - must say though that software in your link does look like it could be good ...seemed to work well just useless for me right now!

 

[Natobasso]

Seems that $99 is pretty cheap compared with having to recreate the file, no?

Try this other post for two more apps (I don't know if they are free or not): http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-s...947-file-recovery.html?highlight=recover+file

 

[The7artist7]

Sorry those progs are no use for me - one is a demo that only lets you see the files until you buy and the other seems to be for pc. I am amazed no one has made a free data recovery program yet - there's plenty to make sure deleted files are totally unrecoverable!

ah well - I think I'll just have to leave it and accept they're gone - can't recreate e-mails and it's not worth the money or stress @_@;;

Roll on osx10.5 I say - 'Time machine' has been well overdue as the kind of program that should be part of the mac os as standard! Situations like this would be a thing of the past!