dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Hi folks, been away for a few days. My computer decided to throw a wobbly and during a transfer of files managed to "lose" a whole folder of photos. All it had to do was transfer some picture files from one external drive to another, but for some reason, one of the most important ones got lost in the process. It was a file containing about 10 years of holiday snaps plus things from various airshows and days out. My PC techie had the machine and both external drives for several days and he threw everything at them but without success. I've managed to salvage about 90% of the photos from my Facebook albums, but they only contained the ones i'd uploaded previously, there were hundreds more that were not uploaded so unless I contact one of the Forensic companies to trawl the drives I can assume them lost permanently sadly. ( The forensic companies charge upwards of £300 and there's a waiting list for their services.) There are also some Videos that I cannot retreive off of FB in spite of trying several different apps. Anyway, got the PC back now and also got a Laptop so that I can transfer most of my online work to that and used this desktop for simming. Ah well, back to the cockpit! LOL. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Sorry to hear the bad news Alan, that's a sad loss. Call me a caveman but I still burn all my pics and vids to DVD's. What a difference from the old film cameras to the digital age, my wife has taken so many pictures that I don't think our kids will ever get through them all when we're gone, a big difference from my parent's ten photo albums that spanned three generations. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Hey Al', Thats awful news. Wifey and I know only too well how you feel, back in the days when we had paper photographs we managed to lose a case full of family and relatives pics, which were unreplaceable as the negatives were in the same suitcase. It happened during moving houses and we never did find them. So I hope somehow you manage to retrieve them in the near future. Brian 1 Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 What a nightmare! Really sorry to hear that and understand how devastating that can be. I have a couple of digital photo frames and have about 6,000 images cycling through them, many of them old family photos. It's a rare day that I don't see one that puts a smile on my face remembering someone, somewhere, sometime. Good luck with whatever further recovery methods you choose to go after. It sounds like you've salvaged most of it at least, and that's a plus. John 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Alan, I hope this helps: If it was a windows machine, the method that is used for "erasing" things is simply to over-write the first letter of the filename with another character or a blank. That way the file allocation table no longer looks for the file. If the loss was not due to something like a physical disk error, you just may recover your photos with a lot of work. I've used a number of file recovery software packages in the past. One recommendation I can make is: stay away from the "free" stuff. You, generally, get what you pay for. Sorry to hear of your problem. I hope you can solve it without a large cash outlay. Edit: Sorry I forgot my suggested link - see: https://datarecovery.wondershare.com/recover-data/list-of-best-file-recovery-software.html Edited July 29, 2016 by Quickmarch forgot link 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted July 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 One bit of good news, I've managed to download all the Videos that were on FB so at least I have those again. The rest of the pics I'll try and retrieve at a later date.I have the important ones that had pics of family and friends, some of whom have now passed away. At least that's one less thing to fret about. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 Sorry about that Al...I hope someone comes to your rescue..photos m vids are so important to keep our memories alive...best of luck... Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 997 Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 It's a gut-wrenching feeling, and not confined to digital images. I lost 8 years worth of photos, negatives and slides during a house move: every picture I took between the age of about 12 and 20, including holidays, family events, first trips away on my own, every single picture of my first girlfriend . . . lots of precious memories just gone. Hope you manage to get some more of them back. Link to post Share on other sites
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