[P1] I accidentally deleted photos from my iPhoto! Pls help!

[David Molho]

Gary -

Remember, any activity on your disk increases the chances it will write 
to those sectors that have your photos on them because the directory 
says those sectors are free. I'd buy the disk and try the external HD 
option.

-- David


On May 31, 2004, at 1:11 AM, Gary Galang wrote:

> Thank you Angus!! This is really helpful information!
>
> I have one more question though... Is it possible to install the 
> program on the same drive where the lost data are? I do not have an 
> external HD or the CD where the rescue program is (I will purchase 
> Norton Utilities online and then download the software so I can use it 
> right away.... Norton is the best choice for me so far)....
>
> Gary
>
>
> On Monday, May 31, 2004, at 02:00  AM, Angus Wallace wrote:
>
>> It shouldn't matter, about the time of installation (i.e. if you 
>> delete the files before you install the program)
>>
>> Think of a hard disk as a series of pages on which you can write 
>> information. you have a special section where you make a note of 
>> where you've stored information (think of this as a Table of Contents 
>> in a book). Any page that isn't indexed in the table of contents can 
>> be written over.
>>
>> When you delete a file, all you do is remove its listing from the 
>> table of contents - its actual data remains in place. However, it's 
>> only a matter of time until your system looks at the contents, sees 
>> that the space is vacant, and overwrites the data.
>>
>> The type of programs we're talking about look for data on the hard 
>> disk, and ignore the table of contents. In this way, they can 
>> sometimes recover data that have been 'deleted'.
>>
>> I hope this is clear, and helpful,
>> Cheers,
>> -Angus
>
>
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