Accidentally erased hard drive need to restore to

Use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac

How to reinstall macOS The computer will need a work Internet Connection. Best results is via an Ethernet Cable to Router

Follow these guidelines during installation:

• If the installer asks to unlock your disk, enter the password you use to log in to your Mac.
• If the installer doesn't see your disk, or it says that it can't install on your computer or volume, you might need to erase your disk first.
• If the installer offers you the choice between installing on Macintosh HD or Macintosh HD - Data, choose Macintosh HD.

on file recovery...

Trccharleshanks to Kurt Lang…

I had to recently recover a file I deleted (about a month ago). FileSalvage ran, but the way it accesses the drive to look for deleted items is incredibly slow. My version of Data Rescue was too old to run in Monterey. But it also suffers from the hours long process of examining a drive.

SubRosaSoft (FileSalvage) folded. If you go to subrosasoft.com, this is all you get. A very simple few lines of text:

Thank you to all of our customers over the years. SubRosaSoft has regretfully closed up shop. Inquiries regarding purchase of our domain or software assets may be directed to mhurlow@subrosasoft.com.

Data Rescue is still available, but is now subscription only. No way was I paying those prices for something I use less than once a year. That sent me on a search for something better.

I haven't tried Stellar's product, so I can't comment on that one. But I did test Disk Drill.

It'll do three free recoveries before you have to pay for it. But the kicker is the speed. I ran it and it said it was ready in less than 30 seconds (if it was even that long). Since every recovery software I had ever used before took a minimum of 8 hours to look through a 1 TB drive, I figured that couldn't be right. So I set if for a deep scan. Also done in less than 30 seconds. Easily found and recovered my file.

I don't know what methods their app uses to locate deleted items, but I didn't hesitate to purchase the full version for something that works that fast.

"Stellar Phoenix Macintosh - Mac data recovery software, recovers data from damaged, deleted, or corrupted volumes and even from initialized disks."

They have a trial version, so I guess you can see if your data can be recovered...

http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm

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FileSalvage is an extremely powerful Macintosh application for exploring and recovering deleted files from a drive or volume. FileSalvage is designed to restore files that have:

   * been accidentally deleted.

   * become unreadable due to media faults.

   * been stored on a drive before it was re-initialized/formatted.

https://www.subrosasoft.com/product-category/file-recovery/

 Data Rescue...

http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php

johnnyloans2020 wrote:

Accidentally erased hard drive without backup need to restore

If you do not have a backup, your data is gone.

Yep, expensive, but depends how bad you need it... they used to be around $400!

OK, good luck my friend.