t fitzgerald wrote:

I made a mistake and threw away a needed Protools session and emptied
the trash.

Todd,

Don't boot the drive again until you have your solution ready. You
don't want little system files landing on the "free" blocks where your
audio data is secretly waiting. If you get desperate, call up On Track
http://www.ontrack.com at 952-937-5161. They're local and they
specialize in exactly this kind of work. They can even recover data
off of a physically broken drive (as a friend of mine will be asking
them to do this week). Your job will be a whole lot easier than that,
but you should still be prepared to pay an insane amount of money for
the service. You might want to call them first and get a quote before
you take any pot shots with shareware solutions. Depending on how
important this data is to you and your business.


ulysses