Re: Is disk info recoverable after AppleWorks format?

[raymac@crl.com (Raymond D. McAnally)]

Mike Krueger (mmk@asdf.jericho.mc.com) wrote:
: An elderly neighbor of mine has invested quite a bit of data entry
: time under AppleWorks for a personal project -- which he now stands
: to lose because he inadvertently did a format of the first of three
: disks that hold the data.  I have 20 years in the computer business
: but I sure don't know the IIc / AppleWorks, so my question is whether
: there is hackery that can recover the data on the formatted disk.  The
: reason I would even ask is that he said that the format operation 
: (which he did let complete) only took a few seconds, way shorter than 
: a full media format would have needed.  

: Any suggestions or a pointer to a FAQ for this group would be much
: appreciated.

: M<
 
If he did an Actual format, the disk data is gone. If he used a program 
like Copy II Plus to erase the disk (oposed to file erasures) then a 
utility like ProSel Mr.Fixit should be able to recover the lost data.
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