Ragmah
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Q: Hi, All the information that I had on my desktop has gone, except for the hard drive logo, how can I get it back please?

Hi, Can anyone help please, I have lost everything that was displayed on my desktop, except for the Mac HD, and I do not know how to retrieve it

iBook, iOS 4.1

Posted on Apr 2, 2012 4:37 AM

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Ragmah

Q: Hi, All the information that I had on my desktop has gone, except for the hard drive logo, how can I get it back please?

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  • by ajaytemp,

    ajaytemp ajaytemp Apr 2, 2012 7:24 AM in response to Ragmah
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    Apr 2, 2012 7:24 AM in response to Ragmah

    Assuming it was no null-ed or zero-ed out 300 times it would be recoverable .

     

    Ad-hoc software at a price is available .   It decode the fixed MBR (master boot record) and the OS-specific FAT (file allocation table.)   If it finds the entire FAT recoverable , then the hard drive is in good condition . 

     

    Otherwise , another tool to recover from the voltage field is recquired .

  • by Ragmah,

    Ragmah Ragmah Apr 2, 2012 7:53 AM in response to ajaytemp
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    Apr 2, 2012 7:53 AM in response to ajaytemp

    Hi,

    Ajaytemp thanks for the reply, I can find all the files etc that I had on the desktop via spotlight, I just can not get them back onto the desktop, any ideas?

  • by Ronda Wilson,

    Ronda Wilson Ronda Wilson Apr 2, 2012 2:56 PM in response to Ragmah
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    Apr 2, 2012 2:56 PM in response to Ragmah

    What is the hard drive capacity and how much space remains available on it? It's usually recommended to keep at least 15% of the hard drive as available space. A too-full hard drive can cause weird things to happen (such as disappearing icons from the Desktop).

  • by Ragmah,

    Ragmah Ragmah Apr 2, 2012 4:58 PM in response to Ragmah
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    Apr 2, 2012 4:58 PM in response to Ragmah

    Hi Ronda,

    Thank you for the reply, underneath the hard drive logo, it says 55.77GB. 12.88GB free, do you think that it is too full? if so, what do I do to reduce it, you can probably tell computers are not my best subject. I include the Hardware overview, I hope that this helps

     

    Hardware Overview:

     

      Machine Name: iBook G4

      Machine Model: PowerBook6,7

      CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)

      Number Of CPUs: 1

      CPU Speed: 1.42 GHz

      L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB

      Memory: 512 MB

      Bus Speed: 142 MHz

      Boot ROM Version: 4.9.3f0

     

    Best wishes

    Ragmah

  • by Ronda Wilson,

    Ronda Wilson Ronda Wilson Apr 2, 2012 8:33 PM in response to Ragmah
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    Apr 2, 2012 8:33 PM in response to Ragmah

    Did you have the actual files on the Desktop, or were they aliases?

     

    Which version of Mac OS X is installed on the iBook?

  • by Ragmah,

    Ragmah Ragmah Apr 3, 2012 1:31 AM in response to Ragmah
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    Apr 3, 2012 1:31 AM in response to Ragmah

    Hi Ronda,

    They were actual files, and not aliases The version of OSX is Tiger, I remembered that because of the William Blake poem Tiger Tiger, I do very much appreciate you taking the time to help.

    Best wishes

    Ragmah

  • by Ronda Wilson,

    Ronda Wilson Ronda Wilson Apr 4, 2012 4:03 PM in response to Ragmah
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    Apr 4, 2012 4:03 PM in response to Ragmah

    So, when you find them on the hard drive with Spotlight, are you then able to open them?

  • by Ragmah,

    Ragmah Ragmah Apr 5, 2012 1:30 AM in response to Ragmah
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    Apr 5, 2012 1:30 AM in response to Ragmah

    Yes, I just can't put them back onto desctop

  • by ajaytemp,

    ajaytemp ajaytemp Apr 5, 2012 5:27 PM in response to Ragmah
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    Apr 5, 2012 5:27 PM in response to Ragmah

    Good question .  At this point , do not pass go and try a direction of dual-booting with LINUX ;

    and then use the utilities with it , to recover files that OS X Leopard will not .

     

    I had experienced this after using OS X Leopard Time Machine software .  Then it went incompatible with Windows MBR partition and just gave me a weird weird hard-time ...

  • by Ronda Wilson,

    Ronda Wilson Ronda Wilson Apr 6, 2012 4:08 AM in response to Ragmah
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    Apr 6, 2012 4:08 AM in response to Ragmah

    Can you create aliases for these files and click and drag the aliases to the Desktop? (This is just as good, and probably a better idea.)