Data Rescue II Quick Reference Install Guide
Data Rescue is an easy-to-use utility to help you recover files and folders from crashed or corrupted hard disks, floppy disks or removable cartridges.  Recovered data is saved to another medium, leaving the original disk untouched.

Getting Started
Open the package and inspect contents.  Verify contents are not damaged.

Minimum Requirement
Macintosh computers with a G3, G4 or G5 processor
At least 512kb of free RAM
Max OS X 10.2.7 or later system with HFS and HFS+ partitions
A destination drive that you will recover your files to. This can be any mountable drive or network volume with suitable capacity to accommodate all your recovered data.  Network functions are not available while booted from the Data Rescue Emergency Boot CD however.
A drive to use for the program’s temporary working storage.  This can be the same drive as the destination drive.  Temporary storage needs may be on the order of 2% the size of the drive being scanned.  Network volumes and Zip drives are not recommended for temporary storage, because they are far too slow for this.

For best results:
Never write to, save files on or install anything on the drive to be recovered from.  Doing so may overwrite files that you would want to recover.  For this reason, Data Rescue will not allow you to choose the volume that’s being scanned as the temporary data storage location, or as a destination for recovered files.
If you are recovering data from your main boot hard drive, we recommend booting from a Data rescue Emergency CD and recover all of your boot drive data to an external destination drive.  If you do not have an emergency CD, you can get one by contacting Prosoft as indicated below.
If you must recover your data without an emergency CD, you should make an emergency hard drive by installing a complete OS and Data Rescue on your destination drive,  then boot from that drive and proceed with launching Data Rescue as indicated below. Remember, to do this, your destination drive must be able to accommodate all of your recovered data, Data Rescue itself, and the complete OS.

To launch Data Rescue
From CD;
If you wish to boot to the Data Rescue CD hold down the C key on system start up. It is not necessary to install Data Rescue if you have the CD.
After booting from the Data Rescue CD, a window will automatically open.  Double click the Data Rescue folder,  double click on the Data Rescue red icon.   
If you downloaded Data Rescue;.
Data Rescue is downloaded in compressed disk image format.  Double click on Data Rescue II Image.dmg file to mount it.
To install Data Rescue, drag the contents of the Data Rescue drive (on your desktop) to your Applications folder of your boot drive.  Double click this Data Rescue red icon to launch.

To begin using Data Rescue
Once you double clicked the Data Rescue icon you are now ready to use it.  
By default, Data Rescue will start in Assistant mode.  Just read and follow the on-screen directions.
The program will now provide step by step guidance throughout the recovery process.

Contact Prosoft Engineering
Our technical support is free and can be accessed by e-mail, fax or phone.  Please have software version and serial number ready before calling. For your convenience we also have a Frequently Asked Question section where you will find the most commonly asked questions for your software.
Mail:  HYPERLINK "mailto:support@prosofteng.com" support@prosofteng.com
FAQ: http://www.prosoftengineering.com/support/index.php
Web:  HYPERLINK "http://www.prosofteng.com" http://www.prosofteng.com
Prosoft Customer Hotline: (925)-426-6306

Manual
Data Rescue Users Guide.PDF located in Data Rescue folder

Top FAQs
Why I can't select the volume I want to recover files from?
The volume name may be damaged.  If you cannot see the volume name you expect in the volume popup menu, try selecting the name of the drive hardware rather than the volume name.  See the User’s Guide for more information.

I just have one hard drive.  Can I use Data Rescue to recover files from it?
No.
You must have an additional locally attached hard drive which the program can use for its temporary working storage.  The drive should have free space amounting to at least 2% the size of the volume or drive to be scanned.

Can I install and run Data Rescue on the hard drive I am trying to restore?
We highly recommend against installing or writing anything to the volume you are trying to recover files from.  Doing so reduces your chances of finding your files intact. 
If you are trying to recover from your normal boot volume, you will need to boot from a separate drive and run Data Rescue off of that, such as an external Fire Wire hard drive or additional Hard drive. 
The other option is to buy the Data Rescue II Boot CD and boot Data Rescue off of the CD. The CD boots you into Mac OS 10.4 and goes right into the Data Rescue application. Then you can scan the hard drive for your files. To boot off the Data Rescue CD just insert the CD and reboot the computer, holding doen the 'c' key on your keyboard while it starts up.