Hidden Treasures
by RianBotes

Comment by roz:
hidden treasures indeed .. this is STUNNING .. !! ..
so much going on .. foreground, midground and background .. the plants with their colour and life, the fog settling in the valley .. and the sun .. topping it all off .. perfect composition ..
i'm not voting yet .. :)

Hidden Treasures
by RianBotes

Comment by ecmguy:
Absolutely gorgeous! Love that sunburst!

Hidden Treasures
by RianBotes

Comment by willem:
The colours of the landscape, the depth of the landscape and the mist make this beautiful. I don't like the strong sunset and the star effect.

Hidden Treasures
by RianBotes

Comment by Ammie:
Oh boy!

From Above I Cannot Get Lost
by RianBotes

Comment by P-A-U-L:

Originally posted by RianBotes: Thanks Paul. Ive been watching You tube videos and read up a bit..and it is true what you say that there are some really handy tips on the net in trying to do it DIY way. The Drive Im looking at being External has no access points and looks nothing like those Ive seen on the web. Really scared Id' loose any chance of recovering what can still be rescued. My IT man is funny enough sitting in Texas and Ive been chatting with him as well. I was hoping he could assist with somebody that wont rip me off and claim they did a lot of work when they did simple tricks like what Ive seen on the net.

I bet it is one of those External Enclosures. I have had several of these die on me. If it is one of the ones I am thinking about then it is just a standard hard drive inside a plastic enclosure. You need to be careful though as some of those enclosures have hardware encryption build into the enclosure and if encryption is enabled then you can't juxst whip the drive out and put it in another caddy. I believe that often when these external drives die it is the enclosure that has fried and the drive is fine. I did have one such drive with encryption die due to an issue with the enclosure. To get around this issue I was able to source the part in the enclosure that interfaced with the drive from Ebay and I was able to recover my data. It is a lot simpler if there is no encryption.

Anyway if you have an IT man who may be able to help out then best see what he can do first. And don't worry if you get a DQ as it means I will move up to 4th place. But in my mind I will always know that it is 5th and your photo was voted higher than mine:)

From Above I Cannot Get Lost
by RianBotes

Comment by P-A-U-L:
Beautiful photograph! I hope you manage to get your data back again. You may be able to access your data by putting the hard drive in some sort of external caddy if it is your boot up drive and you are unable to boot up the drive. There are lots of clever people on DPC that can advise you I am sure. Data recovery services are expensive from what I have read.

From Above I Cannot Get Lost
by RianBotes

Comment by tnun:
magnificent. a silver thread, a vein, beneath the many golden green velvet folds. and all you did was catch the light.

From Above I Cannot Get Lost
by RianBotes

Comment by streetpigeon:
Elated to see that such silver streams thread their way through verdant, unclenched mountains. You've given us this majesty that's beyond utterance. The sun-filled atmosphere is overwhelming.
Personal second favorite of the challenge, by a hair.

From Above I Cannot Get Lost
by RianBotes

Comment by Neat:
Gorgeous scenery.

From Above I Cannot Get Lost
by RianBotes

Comment by kiwinick:
lovely landscape enjoyed viewing it