A good program, but not this version

First, DO NOT BUY THIS VERSION IF YOU RUN OS 10.6 OR LATER. It wont work. If youre considering this product, you can download a demo from the manufacturers website, which will allow you to run a full scan to determine whether the app can even see the files you need to recover.

IF YOU BOUGHT THIS & RUN OS 10.6 OR LATER, YOU STILL HAVE OPTIONS: The manufacturer offers an upgrade to the full version (which does work on OS 10.6 and later) for a total combined price of only slightly more than if youd bought the full version in the first place.

If the application can see the files you need to recover, then its pretty pretty easy to run. Its got menus and scanning progress animations that are unnecessarily art-school showy, but operation is easy, and recovery is excellent.

bret douglass about Data Rescue 3 External Drive Recovery