Lost all the Pics and Many Others

Jorge Reverter · Jul 17th, 2009, 18:41

Well, it seems that yesterday has not been my favorite day: I've lost all the information on my PC (including more than 40,000 photos most of them edited and also hundreds of other matters like a couple ok books about travels in India etc.) everything I've done in the last six or seven years, and unfortunately without copy. My Hard Disk of 1,000G went down and oddly enough the computer as well as the disk were only 5 month olds. Really a pity.

I understand is my fault not to make regularly security copies but that is life. Al I have are the memory cards of my last travel to India and Nepal (March-April 2009) and few CDs with some pictures
of my travels on 2005 and 2006 but 80 percent of the info has gone away.

They are trying to get something from the hard disk but as far as I kno from other people's experience, is terribly expensive and with very few chances to get it.

Life goes on but sometimes is really hard even to wake up in the morning.

Jorge

steven_ber · Jul 17th, 2009, 18:45

Don't panic, an expert can probibly get the info back for you, at least I hope so, it's a collection you should be very proud of.

nikhilsegel · Jul 17th, 2009, 18:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jorge Reverter

Well, it seems that yesterday has not been my favorite day: I've lost all the information on my PC (including more than 40,000 photos most of them edited and also hundreds of other matters like a couple ok books about travels in India etc.) everything I've done in the last six or seven years, and unfortunately without copy. My Hard Disk of 1,000G went down and oddly enough the computer as well as the disk were only 5 month olds. Really a pity.

I understand is my fault not to make regularly security copies but that is life. Al I have are the memory cards of my last travel to India and Nepal (March-April 2009) and few CDs with some pictures
of my travels on 2005 and 2006 but 80 percent of the info has gone away.

They are trying to get something from the hard disk but as far as I kno from other people's experience, is terribly expensive and with very few chances to get it.

Life goes on but sometimes is really hard even to wake up in the morning.

Jorge

Jorge,

Yes its expensive but not impossible. If you can please do specify exact sub directory (drive) data and folder data to the hard disk restorer. It helps him when he is scanning for valuable non valuable data.

Think of it this way .. A Black Box is a hard disk too !!!

I am sure it will all come back!

theyyamdancer · Jul 17th, 2009, 18:52

Very sorry to hear this, Jorge, but I think an expert could recover your photos. Don't give up! Our computer crashed once but almost everything was recoverable.

nikhilsegel · Jul 17th, 2009, 18:56

On a tangent,
I am using two disks, one is Internal and the other External ..
My Nikon Transfer software automatically saves the images from my D90 to the main drive on my laptop and a back up on the 500 Gig external drive as well.

Would suggest you do something like that from here forth. I don't really have to think .. it happens everytime I save images from the Camera to the comp...

Well shit happens ..

Sorry mate

nycank · Jul 17th, 2009, 19:05

Data recovery services in East Coast of US, cost anywhere from USD200 to USD1500, depending on the type of damage. i.e water soaked, fire,head-crash,yadayadayada..

Jorge Reverter · Jul 17th, 2009, 19:09

Thanks to all for the support. The computer was OK the problem was only the jhard disk and it seems that the information doesn't exist anymore. I prefere not to be optimistic because as Murphy's Law says....thinghs can go even worst. May be I'll get pregnant.

Jorge

PeakXV · Jul 17th, 2009, 19:14

It's happened to me before too. In my case, the hard drive(magnetic disks variety) was still spinning periodically & making noise as it did. I was told to wrap the hard drive in plastic & freeze it for several hours in the ice box, as that would contract the metal and allow the information discs to spin even longer thus giving me a chance to extract/copy more information. This process worked twice, on each occasion buying an extra 30 minutes or so of access time & allowing me to recover about 40% of my valuable files .... then it died for good.

machadinha · Jul 17th, 2009, 19:16

Jorge, you didn't describe what happened exactly, but it may (or may not) look far more drastic than it is.

I've sat pulling my hairs thinking all was lost (and/or it would be very expensive to recover if at all possible), then it turned out to be fairly simple to resolve with some freeware instead.

See for instance this thread: Help!! Lost photos , or search this site on "data recovery," there are some similar threads. Or search the web for it of course; as I think I described on that thread though, I had to wade through quite some expensive-looking products to arrive at those very simple solutions.

Well, buena suerte; I'm not saying it will work, but it sure is worth a try. It would, btw, be assuming you can still access your disk in some way at least. If not, I'm afraid it would be up to the pros indeed.

Nick-H · Jul 17th, 2009, 19:34

What dreadful news.

Please... don't give up. It is very unlikely that the information really no longer exists, although it is possible that the directory structure to access it has been screwed. This is fixable.

I simply cannot bear to think of some of India's most beautiful women being cast into the binary void!

Kingstonian · Jul 17th, 2009, 19:37

Oh Jorge, how horrible.
Do hope to hear more positive news ...
(meanwhile, time I did my own back-up

)

capt_mahajan · Jul 17th, 2009, 19:38

Jorge, you have to try to get it back, if at all possible. It will be a great loss, such wonderful pics.

If you can't, then please take me along when you meet all those women next time

Nick-H · Jul 17th, 2009, 19:39

What's the disk?

I think it was Seagate who had a problem with some of their disks in certain machines recently. You can find out from their site if yours might be affected. They might recover the data.

Here's a plug for AlwaysSync: It is a good way to keep a set of synchronised directories on an external disk. Once you have copied the bulk, it just updates the new/updated files.

Jorge Reverter · Jul 18th, 2009, 00:44

Many thanks,

I have no idea about computers. A friend of mine have a company building this things and is a good professional, he sold me the computer but the situation now is as it is. This man is working hard to get something from the disk but the first word was that all was lost....., there are several companies especiallliced in this things but.., may be is the perfect excuse I need, to travel more and more often to India.

I'll remove here and there to recover as much as possible (or even a bit less) but I have lost even two books written by me, it's crazy, I have no copy!!!!!!!!!... and I'm not really a writer, just I did it with loads of work to leave somenthing to the humanity, just my ten cents legacy

The only good new is that I've found three memory cards with some of the pictures of my July-August 2008 trip to India, the cards were still full because I bought bigger cards (8 G).

Jorge

theyyamdancer · Jul 18th, 2009, 00:46

It is incredible and unfair. TWO books you have written are lost? Jorge, I can't believe it.

Jul 17th, 2009, 18:41	#1
Jorge Reverter Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Murcia - Spain Posts: 1,466	Lost all the Pics and Many Others Well, it seems that yesterday has not been my favorite day: I've lost all the information on my PC (including more than 40,000 photos most of them edited and also hundreds of other matters like a couple ok books about travels in India etc.) everything I've done in the last six or seven years, and unfortunately without copy. My Hard Disk of 1,000G went down and oddly enough the computer as well as the disk were only 5 month olds. Really a pity. I understand is my fault not to make regularly security copies but that is life. Al I have are the memory cards of my last travel to India and Nepal (March-April 2009) and few CDs with some pictures of my travels on 2005 and 2006 but 80 percent of the info has gone away. They are trying to get something from the hard disk but as far as I kno from other people's experience, is terribly expensive and with very few chances to get it. Life goes on but sometimes is really hard even to wake up in the morning. Jorge

Jul 17th, 2009, 18:45	#2
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: South of England. Posts: 11,573	Don't panic, an expert can probibly get the info back for you, at least I hope so, it's a collection you should be very proud of. __________________ . How to get helpful replies to your transport/Itinerary questions. Train information. RAC & Waitlists explained.

Jul 17th, 2009, 18:52	#4
theyyamdancer lost in Mechuka member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Crete Posts: 4,426	Very sorry to hear this, Jorge, but I think an expert could recover your photos. Don't give up! Our computer crashed once but almost everything was recoverable. __________________ "Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man." - Albert Camus

Jul 17th, 2009, 19:05	#6
nycank Clueless Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 1,318	Data recovery services in East Coast of US, cost anywhere from USD200 to USD1500, depending on the type of damage. i.e water soaked, fire,head-crash,yadayadayada.. __________________ bade bhaisaheb is outsourced

Jul 17th, 2009, 19:14	#8
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 5,881	It's happened to me before too. In my case, the hard drive(magnetic disks variety) was still spinning periodically & making noise as it did. I was told to wrap the hard drive in plastic & freeze it for several hours in the ice box, as that would contract the metal and allow the information discs to spin even longer thus giving me a chance to extract/copy more information. This process worked twice, on each occasion buying an extra 30 minutes or so of access time & allowing me to recover about 40% of my valuable files .... then it died for good. __________________ What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

Jul 17th, 2009, 18:56	#5
nikhilsegel Maha Guru Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,107	On a tangent, I am using two disks, one is Internal and the other External .. My Nikon Transfer software automatically saves the images from my D90 to the main drive on my laptop and a back up on the 500 Gig external drive as well. Would suggest you do something like that from here forth. I don't really have to think .. it happens everytime I save images from the Camera to the comp... Well shit happens .. Sorry mate

Jul 17th, 2009, 19:09	#7
Jorge Reverter Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Murcia - Spain Posts: 1,466	Thanks to all for the support. The computer was OK the problem was only the jhard disk and it seems that the information doesn't exist anymore. I prefere not to be optimistic because as Murphy's Law says....thinghs can go even worst. May be I'll get pregnant. Jorge

Jul 17th, 2009, 19:16	#9
machadinha brother my cup is empty member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp Posts: 14,392	Jorge, you didn't describe what happened exactly, but it may (or may not) look far more drastic than it is. I've sat pulling my hairs thinking all was lost (and/or it would be very expensive to recover if at all possible), then it turned out to be fairly simple to resolve with some freeware instead. See for instance this thread: Help!! Lost photos , or search this site on "data recovery," there are some similar threads. Or search the web for it of course; as I think I described on that thread though, I had to wade through quite some expensive-looking products to arrive at those very simple solutions. Well, buena suerte; I'm not saying it will work, but it sure is worth a try. It would, btw, be assuming you can still access your disk in some way at least. If not, I'm afraid it would be up to the pros indeed. __________________ Reading tips, all picked up at IndiaMike : INDAX's A Comprehensive Guide To India / Dinoj Surendran's Desi Humor / ITHVC on Culture Shock & Travel Health / JetLag Travel Guides For the Undiscerning Traveller / India Travel Links

Jul 17th, 2009, 19:34	#10
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,221	What dreadful news. Please... don't give up. It is very unlikely that the information really no longer exists, although it is possible that the directory structure to access it has been screwed. This is fixable. I simply cannot bear to think of some of India's most beautiful women being cast into the binary void!

Jul 17th, 2009, 19:37	#11
Kingstonian Still lurking Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 1,117	Oh Jorge, how horrible. Do hope to hear more positive news ... (meanwhile, time I did my own back-up )

Jul 17th, 2009, 19:38	#12
capt_mahajan Infidel Sufi Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: styx Posts: 13,608	Jorge, you have to try to get it back, if at all possible. It will be a great loss, such wonderful pics. If you can't, then please take me along when you meet all those women next time __________________ . Outside the machine

Jul 17th, 2009, 19:39	#13
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,221	What's the disk? I think it was Seagate who had a problem with some of their disks in certain machines recently. You can find out from their site if yours might be affected. They might recover the data. Here's a plug for AlwaysSync: It is a good way to keep a set of synchronised directories on an external disk. Once you have copied the bulk, it just updates the new/updated files.

Jul 18th, 2009, 00:44	#14
Jorge Reverter Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Murcia - Spain Posts: 1,466	Many thanks, I have no idea about computers. A friend of mine have a company building this things and is a good professional, he sold me the computer but the situation now is as it is. This man is working hard to get something from the disk but the first word was that all was lost....., there are several companies especiallliced in this things but.., may be is the perfect excuse I need, to travel more and more often to India. I'll remove here and there to recover as much as possible (or even a bit less) but I have lost even two books written by me, it's crazy, I have no copy!!!!!!!!!... and I'm not really a writer, just I did it with loads of work to leave somenthing to the humanity, just my ten cents legacy The only good new is that I've found three memory cards with some of the pictures of my July-August 2008 trip to India, the cards were still full because I bought bigger cards (8 G). Jorge

Jul 18th, 2009, 00:46	#15
theyyamdancer lost in Mechuka member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Crete Posts: 4,426	It is incredible and unfair. TWO books you have written are lost? Jorge, I can't believe it.

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