I could not be more bummed out!

You know you think I would have learned my lesson to back up my computer when I had a cat dump a vase of water a number of years ago causing my hard drive to crash and consequently me losing my master thesis. Nope!

Let's fast forward.....last Monday I heard this crashing sound in my workspace....I walked in there to find glass all over my computer from a frame that hung above my desk. Now I cannot understand what made a heavy glass vase come tumbling, but the point is my computer would only start up and give a blank screen.

Jeff took it in to where I bought and they just called me and told me that my hard drive will not give any signals so therefore they cannot recover any information.

Flash....I got this computer right in the last 6 months or so...and I have lost all my pictures of my grandchildren that I have taken up to making those photobooks of them for their parents for Christmas.

This means Hunters 1st birthday...all the little things inbetween. I only have some pictures on my iPhone and that is it because I clear my camera card off when I get up to 500 photo's or so.

I have also lost the journals I write to them for the duration of that computer.

I could kick myself because this is more important to me than my friggin thesis was. I know it seems like it should be the other way around, but I cannot ever get those pictures back. I am just devasted and everyone in my family counts on me for photo's because why....I have only been a photographer for lets say 27 years or so.

What an ass I am.....and the point of this post....don't be stupid like me....BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER WHEN IT TELLS YOU TOO!!!

Thats all folks!  

Janine,

I am so sorry to hear about your 'puter and the loss of your pics.  Just a suggestion, while I am not a computer expert, before you give totally up on it, I would also seek a 2nd opinion with a computer data recovery specialist.  Sometimes there are things called ghost drives.  I only know this because of my HR background.  My hubby used to work in IT as well and told me that often there is a way to retrieve info.  Just a thought.

Hugs,
Barb 

:( crap. that sucks. My hard drive crashed about 2-3 weeks ago. It was still working so I went to the store and got one of those external hard drives that like a trilabyte. I took all my phots and put them on there....Liz

oh Janine, I am so sorry........  I know you must be heart broken.  Hopefully you can revamp some of it.  My heart goes out to you!

Jen

Oh Janine, I am so sorry! That is just heartbreaking. I know how much time you put into the pix, books and journals. Thjose can never be re-created or re-captured. Again, I am so sorry. Sending big hugs to you.

Super big time WAY BUMMER!!!
I'm so sorry you lost such precious stuff. Sending love!
Sue

Janine,

I can't imagine the loss of those precious babies of yours, but I know you posted some pictures of them here on the posts so are those pictures on the internet

If you know anyone that uses Lennox they could get ut back for you.

I know how you feel, my daughter had all her pictures on her laptop and when they were in LA last year at Disneyland, someone at the hotel they were staying in stole it. Yes, they got paid for it, but she lost all her pictures.

Couple months ago, her laptop crashed. same thing, no back up......

I have mine set to back up every Sunday morning at 9 am. ....does it on it's own.....

Sorry about your pictures....

Be sure to try a data recovery place. They have tricks your computer store guys have never dreamed of.

DriveSavers and Tech Restore are two I know about here in the SF Bay Area.