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Old 02-27-2008   #1 (permalink)
charliDMB
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suddenly missing files

Over the past 3 days, I have worked on some images (I'm a graphics designer),
downloaded some pictures, cropped some, etc, and saved them all to my
harddrive. I accessed some of them, after I worked with them, because I
uploaded them to a program I use and they're inside the program. But all of
these recent files are suddenly gone from my computer. It's almost as if my
computer rolled back to a date before I saved them. None are there in any
folder I saved them into.

I haven't done anything to the system that would cause this.
Does anyone have any clue what would cause it? And is there anything that
could get these files back?

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Old 02-27-2008   #2 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP
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Re: suddenly missing files

Specifically, which folder were the files saved to?

The program(?) you are using probably saved them to a sub-folder for that
program, where it stores it's data, in C:\Program Files\some program?\saved
folder?

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"charliDMB" <charliDMB@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Over the past 3 days, I have worked on some images (I'm a graphics
> designer),
> downloaded some pictures, cropped some, etc, and saved them all to my
> harddrive. I accessed some of them, after I worked with them, because I
> uploaded them to a program I use and they're inside the program. But all
> of
> these recent files are suddenly gone from my computer. It's almost as if
> my
> computer rolled back to a date before I saved them. None are there in any
> folder I saved them into.
>
> I haven't done anything to the system that would cause this.
> Does anyone have any clue what would cause it? And is there anything that
> could get these files back?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 02-27-2008   #3 (permalink)
Bob
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Re: suddenly missing files

Hi "charliDMB",

If by chance you saved them to My Pictures look for them in Pictures. If you
still don't see them run System Restore to a time when you were able to
access the images.

For future reference, backup early and OFTEN to an external source
(preferably an external hard drive). It's also a good idea to make copies of
the original images and do your editing on the copies while the originals
are safely tucked away on your backup source.

Good luck.


"charliDMB" <charliDMB@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Over the past 3 days, I have worked on some images (I'm a graphics
> designer),
> downloaded some pictures, cropped some, etc, and saved them all to my
> harddrive. I accessed some of them, after I worked with them, because I
> uploaded them to a program I use and they're inside the program. But all
> of
> these recent files are suddenly gone from my computer. It's almost as if
> my
> computer rolled back to a date before I saved them. None are there in any
> folder I saved them into.
>
> I haven't done anything to the system that would cause this.
> Does anyone have any clue what would cause it? And is there anything that
> could get these files back?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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