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2) If the files were deleted, or the drive was high-level formatted,
then in all likelihood virtually all of your data is still there to be
block read and pieced back together.  The difficulty of this task
will depend on how much of the directory information and index
blocks are still intact.

The first thing to do will be to get the drive accessible.  ;-)
This may be tricky, depending on whether someone can
replicate your controller/driver setup.

Then there's the issue of a (probably) non-standard partition
table, and making the partitions accessible as volumes.

Full volume copies to partitions on a new (standard) drive
are then in order, before attempting any recovery.  After
this step, the original hard disk can be disconnected and
put in a display case.  ;-)

Then I'd be tempted to run ProSel's Mr.Fixit in test mode to
see the nature and extent of any damage to the volumes,
_without making any changes_.  This step will reveal whether
the files were simply deleted, in which case, a broadside
"undelete" is called for, followed by another Mr.Fixit pass.

Then you can copy all the usable files to yet another partition
for further use.

In the event of a high-level re-format, the root directory is
toast, but the subdirectories are likely intact.  The partitions
can be scanned and tentative subdirectory blocks located,
and these can be placed in a new, fabricated root directory.
Then run Mr.Fixit and go down the indicated path...

There are many possible ways of putting Humpty Dumpty
back together again, and you or whoever else attempts it
will have to find their own way as the state of the disk is
discovered.

-michael

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