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Help! Retrieving Deleted Protools Files
I made a mistake and threw away a needed Protools session and emptied
the trash. I need only the audio files which are SDII files as I had a copy of the session file. The song was about 4 minutes and had about 16 tracks. Protools HD3 on a Mac G4 recorded to firewire that has not been recorded on since I emptied the trash. I did many searches on Deja, Yahoo, Digidesign group etc. Not much on this topic to be found. I have Norton and Tech Tool Pro and searched their sites. I did not have on any of the undelete functions of these programs on as they seem to conflict with Protools. Does anyone else have an undelete program running when using Protools on a Mac? I scan the drive looking for deleted files. There are a few different ways to do this and the best way for my situation is unclear. Unfortunately the drive is our biggest a 156Gig and it takes hours for the searches. I have found a few of the audio files needed but it has taken 16 hours of searching for about 1 minute of 3 tracks. We have recut the tracks for the song as I wasn't getting anywhere with trying to retrieve the old ones. I do want to research this though in case it ever happens in the future. I have retrieved files from SCSI drives when I threw away actual Sound Designer program material in the past and had good luck. The drives were only 8 Gig or so. I think I used Norton. Firewire seems to be a different animal. If anyone has had any experiences or knowledge that would help me please let me know. Thanks Todd Todd Fitzgerald Chief Engineer OarFin Studios Minneapolis www.oarfinrecords.com |
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Help! Retrieving Deleted Protools Files
It was a few years ago, but I was able to recover some things for a
mixer that eroneously deleted pro tools files using software called D.R.T. (Data Recovery Toolkit). A Mac tech friend of mine had been using it for recovering data from damaged drives for his business clients. I don't know it it's still available, kept current, or has been eclipsed by now, but at the time nothing else worked and D.R.T. saved the day. -- Jay Frigoletto Mastersuite Los Angeles promastering.com |
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Help! Retrieving Deleted Protools Files
It was a few years ago, but I was able to recover some things for a
mixer that eroneously deleted pro tools files using software called D.R.T. (Data Recovery Toolkit). A Mac tech friend of mine had been using it for recovering data from damaged drives for his business clients. I don't know it it's still available, kept current, or has been eclipsed by now, but at the time nothing else worked and D.R.T. saved the day. -- Jay Frigoletto Mastersuite Los Angeles promastering.com |
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Help! Retrieving Deleted Protools Files
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 |
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Help! Retrieving Deleted Protools Files
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 |
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Help! Retrieving Deleted Protools Files
Todd Fitzgerald
Chief Engineer OarFin Studios Minneapolis www.oarfinrecords.com Go Hehttp://www.prosoftengineering.com/index.php Data Rescue. It works. I did the same thing with a project and it saved my rear end. Got all files back. It's real good, and the company is very supportive. |
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Help! Retrieving Deleted Protools Files
Todd Fitzgerald
Chief Engineer OarFin Studios Minneapolis www.oarfinrecords.com Go Hehttp://www.prosoftengineering.com/index.php Data Rescue. It works. I did the same thing with a project and it saved my rear end. Got all files back. It's real good, and the company is very supportive. |
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Help! Retrieving Deleted Protools Files
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 04:01:59 -0500 (CDT), (t
fitzgerald) wrote: I made a mistake and threw away a needed Protools session and emptied OnTrack's Easy Recovery software will do what you need. |
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Help! Retrieving Deleted Protools Files
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 04:01:59 -0500 (CDT), (t
fitzgerald) wrote: I made a mistake and threw away a needed Protools session and emptied OnTrack's Easy Recovery software will do what you need. |
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