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Originally posted by Bozos of Bones:
A format, then reraise windows and then reformat with different partitions will get rid of any and all data on a disk. BTW, it's still possible, although somewhat hard, to get the data back at this point, unless you're actively using the drive. Me and my friend managed to retrieve 8 years old information from a 510 MB drive in about a half an hour of work. All it takes is time, take it to someone who you know can do stuff with PCs and ask him if he's able to retrieve data.
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It's a 160gb drive. I just backed up my 40gb computers internal drive onto it, figuring I didn't want to lose what's on there now.
It's a mac, not a pc. Who would I send it to though? I thought formatting was the end of the line? Will it matter that I've put 40gb worth of stuff on it now?
I can't bring myself to use the drive for music now. I backed up my computers drive only because I only have one old backup of that on another tekserve drive.
I have eight drives in all. THREE failed in the space of three weeks. The two LaCies, and an acomdata drive that had been showing problems for a while. I managed to get most of the stuff on that onto other drives. Unfortunately much went onto the LaCies that failed also.
I had heard mised reports about the LaCies before. Some said they were good. Others reported problems. At this stage, I'd only reccomend the TEKSERVE hard drives for macs. None of them have broken down.
I still can't believe it. I've lost work. It's affected my confidence to compose and create new stuff. To place any value on what I record. Really upsetting.
Thanksfully I did get my two CDs finished and mastered and manufactured before all this. Any remixes of the electronica stuff are impossible now though. I'm stuck with whatever's on the CD.