What to do When You Accidentally Delete All Your Stuff

I know, I know: I should have multiple backups, ideally locally and off-site. And I do, for my documents and most important data. But I had all of my photo backups on the same external disk as my virtual machines, and when something went wrong, everything went wrong and my whole external drive was wiped.

I panicked, but then figured there had to be a way to get most of my data back. There was, with Disk Drill. It turned out to work better than I hoped — only it didn't restore my file names, folder structures, and virtual machines.

Here's my full disk recovery saga, one that hopefully will be helpful for you if you ever find yourself in a similar situation.

Continue reading at http://mac.appstorm.net/how-to/productivity-how-to/how-to-get-your-deleted-files-back-with-disk-drill/

Thoughts? @reply me on Twitter.