Help!! accidentally install OSX Tiger into my backup harddisk!!

Help! accidentally install OSX Tiger into my backup harddisk!!
i lost all my backup files, work, my life! i have 2 HDD and one is suppose to be installed onto and the other one is my backup hdd..
what happened is i selected onto the wrong hard-disk...
is there anything i can do to recover back files that i installed over osx?
any suggestion much appreciated

Hi Ma'e, Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Installing OS X should not overwrite your files unless you chose "erase and install". If you chose "Archive and install" look for a folder on the top level of your hard drive called "Previous System".
If you did an "erase and install", If there is any chance of recovery at all your best bet is Prosoft Data Rescue. There is a free trial to see if it can recover what you need. But don't do another process on that drive until you've downloaded and run it. Also, a service that has been recommended but I cannot personally endorse is DriveSavers.
-mj
[email protected]

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ola aqua!
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Did you, by any chance, do an erase install?
I am unable to run
Illustrator, finepix or other applications. OS9.1
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attempts to start up to run these programs, but
stops. It will not run either. It says to download
OS9.2. I did, but to download it, you have to be
able to load 9.1. I tried to load 9.1 using the
desktop and also from the hard drive.
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Any help would
greatly be appreciated. Also, my home e mail is
[email protected] Thanks. Tim
ps, if my wife finds out she cannot run her graphics
programs, I am through.

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