I can't count the times I have had a disk problem that stumped everything, and I'd say to myself that I bet the government could recover every darn bit on this disk. I have gone so far as to research what they do that makes them successful. I bumped into some information about MacForensicsLab. It gives a whole new definition to the term file recovery. There are some great consumer programs, like FileSalvage, DriveGenius and DataRescue. I use each of them. Right now I am working on the hardest disk recovery challenge ever and so far MacForensicsLab goes where no man has gone before. Is is so thorough that is takes days to run certain features. That is only becauase it is amazingly thorough. If you have serious file recovery challenges, don't forget to give this a try. That is just one of the many unusual things it does. I'll report back when the recovery is completed, but so far the indicators are all very good.