So here is my advice. Back it up. I just assumed because I have a Mac that I would be fine. And I do have Apple Care, so I didn't have to pay for the new hard drive. However, they couldn't recover my data. I had all my photos, including my most recent frolic in Europe, saved on my computer and nowhere else. Now I can contact some of my fellow travelers and get their pictures. However, I spent two days in Heidelberg by myself. I took about 150 to 200 photos. They are gone. I was, gulp, working on a book. I had about 100 pages written (it was rough, I'll admit, but still, it was 100 pages). Gone. I do have the old hard drive in my possession. And I'm hoping that one day I'll find a generous soul to help me out or that I'll have the cash to retrieve it (Jeremy, the Genius Bar assistant at the Mac store, told me it runs about 800 smack-a-roonies!). Anyway, I would hate for anyone to have this happen to them.
Oh, and if you have any pictures that you think I might be interested in having in my possession, please let me know and send them on. Or, if you have them on facebook or something, let me know. I'm going to be signing up for that so that I can get some photos from my class mates.
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that happened to us but fortunately we have a friend who was able to retrieve the info one last time for us. We now back everything up onto an external hard drive and CDs and stuff. that's rough michelle, I really hope you'll get to "open" that drive just once more to get all your pictures and hard work. That's a bummer though, good luck.
we have a dell, but this info may help, i don't know--my friend used his hard drive and hooked it up to our computer, w/ our hard drive in it too. that's how he retrieved the info. don't know how or why that worked, but it did. and it only took about 5 minutes. talk to one of your tech savvy friends and see if they can help you, it's worth a try at least...and our hard drive was pretty gone, but no matter what shape it's in, the info is still there-- good luck!
I have some really old photos, I think of Boston, but I am not sure, that you put on my hard drive. Around two or three years ago, there yours if you want them.
Sorry about your macrash. That sucks. Just goes to show...
-Josh
Oh no! I am so sorry.
Oh, Michelle. That sucks, I'm so sorry. As grateful as I am that we live in a technilogical world, it's frustrating when we encounter setbacks. I wish I had some advice for you, but I don't know a thing about that kind of thing. Good luck!
Yikes. That's no good. You seem to be in good spirits. You sure didn't go off on your post about how crappy it is. I am so sorry.
...Maybe I'll go back mine up.
Yeah, that sounds good.
Love you!!!!
So sorry.
I can't even think about what you lost or it makes me sick.
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