Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hey Guys,

Well it finally happened to me.. My drive containing all my logic files and my treasured 
samples went down. [of course I didn't back it up before hand...] 2 years of work and 
endless years of sample collecting.  I'm a major "geek" so I've repaired bad directories and 
recovered drives before, but this drive is really f*cked. It doesn't mount or even show up in 
the FireWire chain on several utilities that I have. I've got loud clicking when powering up, 
so the head is out of alignment, and probably needs to go in for data recovery [yikes !]  

My question is... Anyone out there ever have data recovery done on a drive before ? If so, 
are the returned recovered files "generic" ie: are the file types/creators lost ?  I'm hoping to 
recover my treasured Logic Files, so I'm not sure how they will come back, etc..  I can 
probably get the .aiff/.wav/.mp3 files to open, but if the file types, names or creators are 
lost on the Logic files.. I'm probably screwed...right ?  The Directory WAS in great condition 
before it went down. I run Disk Warrior all the time and did so just before this happened. 
Does recovery do a "bit for bit" carbon copy, or does it try to find the directory and copy 
over what ever data it finds ? 

Any help or even suggestions on where to send it for recovery would help, since I was 
quoted between $800 and $1200 for data recovery at tekserve in nyc !!!!

Thanx in advance!
Man Parrish
http://www.ManParrish.com

P.S.  Had a great time at the Winter Music Conference in Miami !  I got to be on a few 
conference panels with George Clinton from Parliment, DJ Paul Van Dyk, Felix the House 
Cat, Dj Keoki, BT {Brian Thompson] Also..The lead guy from Information Society,  the rep 
from Ableton Live, the Euphonics Mixer guy and..! I got to meet Grand Master Flash who 
came up to ME and said he loves MY stuff !!!  Wow was I shocked !.. lol ..Anyone else go 
and have fun or have good stories ?