Recovery software to recover Quicken data files

Need advice on what recovery software to purchase to recover deleted Quicken data files (.qdf). Have tried Disk Drill, but this software doesn't support this file extension.

http://data-recovery-software-review.toptenreviews.com/mac-recovery-software/
BTW I believe that you can download a demo of Data Rescue 4, and the demo will give you an idea of what it can recover. If it looks promising, you then can buy the software.
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php

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Sorry I am opening a new thread, but this is the biggest emergency of my 20+ year career.
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1) redo logs were deleted
2) We don't do backups of the database. It is only used to demo our product, it is not a prod database
3) To get around the problem of the redo logs (which caused Oracle not able to start) I rebuilt the control file with the RESETLOGS option on
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But you unfortunately don't have the necessary redo log file and no database backup. That means you are in real danger of losing your database completely. If you have a current support contract, you need to open a Service Request with Oracle support to see if you can salvage your database.
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My son uses QE and likes it. But he only does simple banking. It doesn't do me any good since it doesn't have investment tracking.
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Nothing to loose.
Message was edited by: Glenn Leblanc
Here's the link:
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The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
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4. It's specific to Unix, anyway, of which Linux is a variant.

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