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12/23/2007 02:16:44 AM · #26 |
Sounds strange that that would happen. At the risk of being a hypocrite, I would say that COPYING the files from the card to a backup device and then moving them to your processing area would be a better practice. I should learn from your mistake. ...but probably won't. :/
The laptop is the one that should have some remnants left. Did u do a restore? |
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12/23/2007 02:29:46 AM · #27 |
not yet... it seems so final :(
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12/23/2007 02:48:02 AM · #28 |
I cannot believe that the photos would disappear never to be found again in a situation like this. They have to have landed somewhere. I have been on computers for 17 years and supporting them for 10 or more years and have not run into files being lost in this manner.
In testing the theory of dragging files and losing them by letting go of the mouse at the wrong time I have found that one must be on or in an open folder in order for Windows to copy them to a new place. The files go back to the original place if the previously mentioned is not the case. If they copied to the new computer it would seem reasonable that you could look at the details of each folder on the desktop and list by date in descending order and find the newest file which would be your photos.
I would be happy to talk to you on the phone regarding this to help you find your photos. Let me know if you are interested.
Message edited by author 2007-12-23 02:51:08. |
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12/23/2007 05:48:32 PM · #29 |
Slaakso, I've been in computers since 1979 and I have seen this happen... a number of times. Usually it's someone in management that was copying files between floppies and their workstation or from their laptop to their workstation after working at home or on a trip. And it's usually the only copy of a very long report or the annual buget or something to boot. Sometimes I come out a hero by finding it and once in awhile, I can't find it anywhere on any devide or media that they say it was on. I've not had this with the Mac, Unix or Novell, but I have with Windows.
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12/23/2007 06:05:49 PM · #30 |
I suppose you've already done this, but if you have reject files in your recycle bin, can you not guess the names of the ones that weren't rejected and enter them into your search?
What a bummer.
I walked past a camera and photo shop the other day and saw there was a long, long queue waiting there. I asked the lady at the tail end of it what everyone was queuing for and she said 'I'm standing in line to get my pictures'. I left the situation, wondering whether they'd invented the wheel yet in her world, but then again, they hadn't invented the unlucky slip of the mouse either :)
If you really have lost them then I'm afraid you're due a fresh holiday. |
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12/23/2007 06:16:18 PM · #31 |
| Always copy and do not move or cut anything that is important in the future. Due to the file size of the collected files windows will perminantly delete the files and not send them to the recycle bind. You have about two options let system restore/rollback or a paid recovery service. Wish you the best of luck |
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12/23/2007 07:40:19 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by MikeJ:
Slaakso, I've been in computers since 1979 and I have seen this happen... a number of times. Usually it's someone in management that was copying files between floppies and their workstation or from their laptop to their workstation after working at home or on a trip. And it's usually the only copy of a very long report or the annual buget or something to boot. Sometimes I come out a hero by finding it and once in awhile, I can't find it anywhere on any devide or media that they say it was on. I've not had this with the Mac, Unix or Novell, but I have with Windows.
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I stand corrected from your longer experience than mine. |
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12/23/2007 08:02:01 PM · #33 |
Try searching on both computers for files that were Modified today. The files may be there.... without the jpg or crw (or whatever) file ending on them
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12/23/2007 08:07:57 PM · #34 |
| Don't know what undelete pgm you used. We have used PC File Inspector Recovery Program to get back deleted pictures - not 100% of them, nor were all in good order. Good luck. |
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12/23/2007 08:32:50 PM · #35 |
getting ready to attempt sys restore....
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12/23/2007 08:40:14 PM · #36 |
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12/23/2007 08:42:37 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Sunniee:
getting ready to attempt sys restore.... |
I think that is probably not the best idea... as it tend to thrash around on the disk... you don't know any geeks?
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12/23/2007 08:58:22 PM · #38 |
| I would wait to try system restore until I had exhausted all other options. |
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12/24/2007 01:25:16 AM · #39 |
I took my laptop into the geeks at work today.... they cant find the photos, and couldnt restore them. I have the reject photos in my trash file and small size jpgs that I put on my website.
I told them everything I tried and they were scratching their heads.... a painful lesson learned :(
I hope someone learns from my mistake..... besides me :P
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12/24/2007 01:32:57 AM · #40 |
If you are talking about reverting back to a previous "system restore point", it will not recover your lost files.
Reverting to a system restore point doesn't affect your data (e.g. your photo files), it only affects system-related configuration and settings (e.g. registry entries, etc.)
Be sure (when you are searching) that you start at the root of the drive (e.g. "C:\" or "E:\) and tell the search to search in all hidden folders and all files (including system files). Do the same for both computers.
Message edited by author 2007-12-24 01:34:51.
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12/24/2007 02:09:32 AM · #41 |
| You might also try a search by the "file modified date" option and use a date previous to a known photo edit date. Also, I believe Windows has a checkbox that says "search subfolders and all files under" (or something similar) that has to be checked when you search. |
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12/24/2007 03:20:24 PM · #42 |
Look for the biggest file on your computer besides the swap page file. Although I've not seen it done accidently, I've done it on purpose where I've copied a bunch of files into one file to join them together. I've not tried this doing a move command though, but if it works, you could have ended up with one file and the original files deleted. It's a straw, but when you have a pile a pins, we tend to grab at straws.
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12/28/2007 12:05:38 PM · #43 |
Update.... I got some of my photos back by using RescuePro on my CF cards. Some is definitely better than none! :)
One of the computer guys at work swears he can find them on the laptop.... so... we'll see!
Thank you so much to all who helped me!!!!
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12/28/2007 12:12:01 PM · #44 |
| Good news! Fingers crossed for the laptop... |
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