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It appears that my hard drive has crashed. At the moment, I'm on Cyn's computer, but this is not pleasant. I guess I'll go out and buy a new computer tomorrow, and will soon be back to normal, except for one thing. I was horrified to see that I haven't done a back up since last freaking October.
Ten months ago. I seem to have lost every photo I've taken since Thanksgiving. Except the ones I've fixed up and uploaded somewhere. And I haven't fixed up many in the last couple of months. I didn't do anything with the pictures from the air show, for example, and I just deleted them from the card on friday. I do still have whatever remains on my three memory cards. Not sure if that includes the ones from our Chicago trip.
And of course there are other documents. I may have to take it to a data recovery specialist. I understand they charge through the nose.
October! I knew it had been a while, but I was guessing six months. But aside from that, I really blew it. I was uploading pics from this weekend, and I kept getting "out of memory messages". I deleted other files to make room, but it was still a bit of a struggle to get everything in. I knew I had to back it up and clear it out, but I was itching to look at photos. Then, I got the "no bootable device" message. I shut it down and tried it again, and it booted up just fine. The next day - nothing. If I'd realized just what "no bootable device" meant, I would have freaked out and started backing everything up. And not powered the thing down.
So back your shit up!
Ten months ago. I seem to have lost every photo I've taken since Thanksgiving. Except the ones I've fixed up and uploaded somewhere. And I haven't fixed up many in the last couple of months. I didn't do anything with the pictures from the air show, for example, and I just deleted them from the card on friday. I do still have whatever remains on my three memory cards. Not sure if that includes the ones from our Chicago trip.
And of course there are other documents. I may have to take it to a data recovery specialist. I understand they charge through the nose.
October! I knew it had been a while, but I was guessing six months. But aside from that, I really blew it. I was uploading pics from this weekend, and I kept getting "out of memory messages". I deleted other files to make room, but it was still a bit of a struggle to get everything in. I knew I had to back it up and clear it out, but I was itching to look at photos. Then, I got the "no bootable device" message. I shut it down and tried it again, and it booted up just fine. The next day - nothing. If I'd realized just what "no bootable device" meant, I would have freaked out and started backing everything up. And not powered the thing down.
So back your shit up!
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Date: 2012-08-30 12:52 pm (UTC)From:You can't be too careful.
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Date: 2012-08-31 03:38 am (UTC)From:Be careful how you label your CDs. Some markers can eventually damage the plastic. They sell alcohol-based markers for that purpose, but I haven't had good luck with those. I use sharpies, but I only write around the outside edge of the disc.