No pics today - just some advice for anyone who ever, like me, accidentally deleted some valuable photos and reference material. Last week, one of my boys needed a Flash Drive urgently and thinking I had already saved the 400mb of photos on this device to a CD, I quickly deleted all the files and then promptly emptied the Recycle Bin. This week, I went searching for one of my reference photos of a peacock, only to realise that all those photos were not stored anywhere else. Time to PANIC!!! Or to go on-line and do a search (thank God for the internet). I came across a program called Uneraser. Many of you may of heard of it, but I never had, and tentatively downloaded the trial version. I then popped the Flash Drive into the USB port and ran the Uneraser software. Up came all the photos I had deleted, however to retrieve them and save them to the computer, you do have to buy the full version which was $45AUD (around $40USD), but in my mind that was money well spent. I was so happy to have all my precious images back and promptly copied them to two CD's. :))
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Oh I love happy endings!!
I'll bookmark that programme/company 'just in case'
I'm a real techie (spelling)? and leave all the computer/IT stuff to my OH. Must confess I've been getting a little tetchy with him recently as he bought a new back up device and keeps making me abandon my computer/desk for hours whilst he 'plays'. Obviously I should be more appreciative!
LOL Sue - that's why we bought everyone there own little notebook and that way I can claim the main computer as mine!! :)
Awesome news!
So glad it came out well, and thanks for sharing the info. on Uneraser Karen!
Oh Karen, how fortunate for you that you found a solution! Thanks for the tip.
Thank you Sherry, Mona and Barbara for your happy comments - fingers crossed you won't ever need to use this program, but it's nice to know it's out there!!!
Glad it turned out alright, and thanks for the Uneraser link.
I did something similar, but deleted my whole business file.......Im still trying to replace it all, so maybe I'll try that link.
Oh BonnieLynn - I do hope it works for you - fingers crossed. I'd love to hear how you go :)
Phew! Sigh of relief - photos are so precious.
I was told by a police forensic photo investigator that nothing is ever really deleted - it sits on your hard drive for a looooong time before it's overwritten, if ever. That's how they catch a lot of the baddies.....
At uni it was drummed into us to BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP, otherwise the sky would fall, volcanoes erupt and the world would end!
I am so paranoid that I don't even delete my best photos off the memory card, just in case. I think I have become a little OCD with it.....
I will definitely be more OCD about it now. Thankfully it all turned out well - good lesson learnt!!!
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