Register on the forum now to remove ALL ads + popups + get access to tons of hidden content for members only!
vintage erotica forum vintage erotica forum vintage erotica forum
vintage erotica forum
Home
Go Back   Vintage Erotica Forums > Information & Help Forum > Help Section
Best Porn Sites Live Sex Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

Notices
Help Section If you have technical problems or questions then post or look for answers here.


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old October 25th, 2008, 01:46 PM   #51
dbcTX
Member
 
dbcTX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 69
Thanks: 81
Thanked 2,584 Times in 67 Posts
dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+
Default Whew!!

The program is still in the process but it looks like it is all coming back. The original file names and folders intact. There are few files in weird places that I'll have to reorganize. Oh well...just makes me have to review things I haven't looked at in a long while.

The program was called EASEUS Data Recovery Program. I didn't like the idea of paying $65 bucks but it appears it was worth it.

http://img172.imagevenue.com/img.php..._123_350lo.jpg

One of my favorite girls back from the ether.
dbcTX is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to dbcTX For This Useful Post:
Old October 25th, 2008, 02:00 PM   #52
Sid ney
Senior Member
 
Sid ney's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Some basement in Dublin
Posts: 294
Thanks: 1,246
Thanked 7,956 Times in 276 Posts
Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+Sid ney 25000+
Default

You got Liz back, wahey!
Sid ney is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Sid ney For This Useful Post:
Old October 25th, 2008, 02:18 PM   #53
dbcTX
Member
 
dbcTX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 69
Thanks: 81
Thanked 2,584 Times in 67 Posts
dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+dbcTX 10000+
Default

yep...I'm a happy wanker again lol
dbcTX is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to dbcTX For This Useful Post:
Old October 25th, 2008, 05:57 PM   #54
zorin
Vintage Member
 
zorin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,174
Thanks: 9,103
Thanked 68,406 Times in 1,177 Posts
zorin 350000+zorin 350000+zorin 350000+zorin 350000+zorin 350000+zorin 350000+zorin 350000+zorin 350000+zorin 350000+zorin 350000+zorin 350000+
Default

Glad to see you're recovering your data dbcTX.

Some general advice to anyone having similar problems :

With HD problems it is important to remember 1 thing : in 99% of the cases your data is intact but Windows simply isn't able to get at it due to either a filesystem error (recoverable with a good data recovery program) or a hardware error (recoverable to some extent but involves a lot of tinkering and praying).

So whenever Windows tells you to (re)format the drive in order to be able to access it : do NOT do it!!

Damaged filesystems, damaged partitions, accidently deleted partitions and even reformatted partitions still carry the data originally stored in them until it is overwritten by new data and can thus be recovered by a good data recovery program.

ON a side note, I've found it very useful to have a CD with a bootable version of windows PE at hand in cases of system disk trouble. For more info on this I'd advise to visit www.ubcd4win.com.

Z
zorin is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to zorin For This Useful Post:
Old August 31st, 2009, 03:33 PM   #55
pub
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 282
Thanks: 5,295
Thanked 6,371 Times in 262 Posts
pub 25000+pub 25000+pub 25000+pub 25000+pub 25000+pub 25000+pub 25000+pub 25000+pub 25000+pub 25000+pub 25000+
Smile Physical Solution...

I had a 250gig Maxtor External Hard Drive that died on me - or at least wasn't recognised by my PC anymore.

I bought a small kit off the internet called a USB2.0 to IDE & SATA Cable which came with a power supply for about £20: I'm not going to post a link to it as I've been warned off 'links'. The HD was out of waranty so I didn't have anything to lose by opening up the case.

I took the HD out of the one touch case and plugged the cable in and hooked the usb cable to the PC. Powered up and most (95+%) of the data became available again to copy to my new HD. There were a few corrupt files but overall I was very pleased to get anything back.

I won't say it will work for everyone but it might be worth a go if you've tried everything else and don't want to open up your PC.

You can also use the kit as a way of backing up your data on old hard drives - just bare in mind that there is a risk the HD could overheat so take sensible precaution like placing the HD on a metal try (earthed of course to avoid static) to act as a heat-sink and aiming a desk fan at it for good measure. You shouldn't run the HD with this kit on more than a temporary basis.

Once loaded with your valuable data, disconnect and put it in a freezer bag/anti-static bag to keep the dust out and store on a shelf in case you need it again.

Good luck with your data recovery

Oh, and if you buy an external hard drive, my advice is dump any sofware that is loaded onto it (basically format it before you do anything) and just use it as an extra storage drive - some of the software bundles take a lot of memory (you've just paid good money for) and have been known to cause their own failures...

Last edited by pub; August 31st, 2009 at 03:40 PM..
pub is online now   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to pub For This Useful Post:
Old August 31st, 2009, 04:21 PM   #56
traderh
Member
 
traderh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 36
Thanks: 317
Thanked 400 Times in 34 Posts
traderh 1000+traderh 1000+traderh 1000+traderh 1000+traderh 1000+traderh 1000+traderh 1000+traderh 1000+traderh 1000+traderh 1000+traderh 1000+
Default

my work computer ended up with a busted hard drive and windows wouldnt load. screwed, i thought. but i was able to recover the files i hadnt backed up by putting linux on a usb drive, found out good distros from here
Anonym zu lifehacker.com/5205704/best-portable-operating-system
i used puppy linux, firstly putting it on a 'live cd' You change the boot order of your PC and the linux gets loaded into RAM, and you can work from there. check the C drive and save your stuff onto usb stick or cd
if it sounds complex, it isnt. first time id done anything like this and i was up and running in about an hour. puppy linux worked right away with wifi and printers and i think was only 100mb so you can stick it on a small usb drive.
i found it an easy way to recover files when windows wouldnt load
__________________
ooooff!
traderh is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to traderh For This Useful Post:
Old August 3rd, 2010, 11:07 PM   #57
Blue126
Veteran Member
 
Blue126's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,927
Thanks: 19,029
Thanked 72,038 Times in 1,922 Posts
Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+Blue126 350000+
Default Backup, Backup

I know most of you use expensive secondary backup software ie external hard drives, but they fail too....and often.
Old school tecky like myself use what we say, save your stuff to a better media ie DISCS,dvd are better, use the BEST you can get, no point in saving to discs you can't retrieve from!

I use Ritek...but go with who you trust

Discs are cheaper than hard drives...and the golden rule is BACK UP....to discs IMHO, and experience.

(at this point may I add, forget free anti-virus...IMHO, wish I had a pound for every virus I have taken off computers heavily infected with spyware and viruses off computers with free Anti-virus software!!!! . The 2nd best thing to come from Russia is Kaspersky, the first being vodka.... Kaspersky is the Best bar none...period)

As luck has it, (in over three years of being a CUSTODIAN OF PORNOGRAPHIC HISTORY) I have never encountered any form of virus in anything I have downloaded...touch wood it continues, but better safe than sorry.

Anyway...my back up procedure is this, I now use an excellent program from here Personal Video Database http://www.vintage-erotica-forum.com/t116737-video-cataloging.html

and then I record it to a basic word document list of (films backed up) did I mention BACKUP,BACKUP. ie what films backed up and what disc they are on.

For me as an example I am now cataloging my ALPHA-FRANCE collection, which is 95% complete, yes it is all ready backed up...lol...and the dvd its on.

But when your happy to save/backup use PVD, excellent program and free....

Big must, every disc you burn with your files , please check them straight after...ensure you can play them or transfer them back to hard drive..a must for unsure media?

if happy record it to files, only then....I copied 500 gb to a so called top media....could not get them then to hard drive...check!!!!

Anyway......Backup,backup....I am really enjoying backing up using pvd,its a pleasure to use...watching old favorites as you back them up!

Can I say (Brigitte Lahaie) was a hell of a good looking woman.
All natural, no fucking about with her body...really was the girl next door, she was/is a real beauty

Be proud Brigitte, younger girls...just would not have your stamina.

Backup, backup, backup


Blue126 is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 10 Users Say Thank You to Blue126 For This Useful Post:
Old August 4th, 2010, 03:06 AM   #58
Denaniel
Administrator
 
Denaniel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Rocinante Ops Deck
Posts: 13,863
Thanks: 114,459
Thanked 424,586 Times in 13,400 Posts
Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+Denaniel 1000000+
Default

Yes, very good reminder for all of us.

I had an external drive fail recently and I lost about 250GB, some of which will be very difficult if not impossible to replace. I have over 500 DVD-R's in binders, 4 per page double sided, and still I have another 2 TB on external HDD's waiting to be backed up.

I am considering uploading to a third filehost like mediafire that is free and so far does not delete files whether downloaded or not. I would not post the third set of links so that they would never be reported and deleted.

But the DVD-R backups thus far have been the most reliable. I use Taiyo Yuden silver, which come 100 per spindle and cost less than 30 cents each. That's about 7 cents per gigabyte. A one terabyte HDD would have to cost less than US$70 to match that price, and hard drives fail faster than DVD-R's anyway. Sure, it's not nearly as convenient to backup to discs, but I just keep a .txt file of the numbered discs, content is searchable by title, and i can easily find what i'm looking for nearly every time.
__________________

Please PM me if any of my links are dead.

Don't post your thanks, hit the "Thanks" button!



To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
...
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
...
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Denaniel is online now   Reply With Quote
The Following 8 Users Say Thank You to Denaniel For This Useful Post:
Old August 4th, 2010, 07:41 AM   #59
mynxfan
Senior Member
 
mynxfan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 174
Thanks: 1,522
Thanked 4,171 Times in 187 Posts
mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+mynxfan 10000+
Default Three copies

Triple back up is the solution. All files should both be burned to dvd´s and saved on external hdd´s. When an external hdd is full; go through it to find your favorite files/videos, and upload them to a webhost. Then one will always have three copies of the favorite files. Even 4 or more if some cash whore starts posting it on other hosts :-)
mynxfan is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to mynxfan For This Useful Post:
Old August 4th, 2010, 06:17 PM   #60
crandy
Vintage Member
 
crandy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 367
Thanks: 459
Thanked 17,755 Times in 379 Posts
crandy 50000+crandy 50000+crandy 50000+crandy 50000+crandy 50000+crandy 50000+crandy 50000+crandy 50000+crandy 50000+crandy 50000+crandy 50000+
Default

not to put doubt in your minds here, as backing up stuff is standard practise for many people ... but dvd's and cd's have a lifespan (about 10years)..... i like dananiel have 100's of dvd's and cd's in binders (and 3.6tb of hdd's) .... but and heres the worring thing .... about a third are unreadable on win7 and vista the vast majority were written with xp ... did you know windows does not close dvd's /cd's if you use windows to burn discs, this explains why some of the discs do read but are seen as blank.

some of the discs were even written by the same burner and the discs when burned read fine as i always verifiy and play the files to check, i have tryed them in other drives albeit farly new pc's and its the same for the ones ive tested ... it seems to be the dvd-r's that im having issues with but there are a few +r's in there as well particulary blue tdk's dvd's and i can no longer burn -r's .... i have tryed several brands, all fail the burn process. i remember reading about windows changing the driver for dvdrw drives somewhere so there is hope that my unreadable dvd's are not completly dead. proberbly need to set a xp system up.
__________________
More of my posts can be found
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
crandy is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to crandy For This Useful Post:
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump




All times are GMT. The time now is 03:30 AM.






vBulletin Optimisation provided by vB Optimise v2.6.1 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.