Wooo... Deleted Partition!!! testdisk=Best recovery tool

[bigO_tx]

First off, NEVER name the Mac OS X partition on a secondary hackintosh "Macintosh HD" when I went to plug it in to my main hackintosh and install something with the install media to that secondary disk i wiped my real "Macintosh HD" in my primary hackintosh. Anyway, the tool I used was testdisk to recover my partition. It is a command line tool, but it walks you through and it is very easy to use. Best to unplug your drive IMMEDIATELY after partition loss so no new blocks get written over it. This saved me from a reinstall + restore from backup! *note* this cannot be run to recover something on your boot disk. You must use it with a spare mac or hack to get that done. It is also open source

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

 

[dtrvndrn]

Tanx man, testdisk recovered 10 years of project documentation from my corrupted HD... Love this tool.

 

[mrsentraser]

I just used this tool today and I can honestly say it bailed me out big time. I wasted $80 on another app that looked nice but could do something as simple as what this little program achieved. I obviously made a donation. Thanks for posting this app.