When your job is dependant on computers, you're going to have computer problems. It's all part and parcel.
When they happen, you just have to hold on tight, call your tech, and hope to heavens the problems don't involve data loss.
Last night I made an epic mistake. A mistake so magnificent that when I realized what I'd done, I just sat, staring at my computer screen, dumbfounded, for five minutes.
You see, I've been working from home for the past five days. I caught a nasty cold and needed to get a lot of work done, so luckily I have the option of occasionally working from home. I'd planned on going into the office today, so I prepped my files, saved everything and then copied my massive video project over to my external to transport back to work.
Except, when I checked the copy, my project file wasn't the newest version. It was the project file from five days ago. Apparently I'd been working from the project file on the external hard drive (having a stuffy head and being on cold meds, I didn't really realize that was why my project had been moving a bit slow). So when I went to copy everything from my computer's drive to the external, I replaced the newest version (already on the external) with an old version (from my computer). And that was all she wrote.
Bam. Five days of work, and data, just vanished. Five days that I don't have to rebuild video projects for an upcoming large, corporate meeting. FIVE DAYS.
After the stupor, panic set in.
And then acceptance.
And then remorse.
And then I just started to pray. I needed a miracle.
I prayed and pleaded.
And then I took a bath and got into bed.
And then, laying in bed, I had the impression that I should try a data recovery program. Now I don't place much trust in data recovery programs. I've tried using them before, with no success. So the impression was somewhat out of left field. But, I got out of bed, switched the computer on and plugged in the external.
After a little bit of searching, I found a recovery program that came highly recommended, It's called Disk Drill (for Mac), in case you were wondering. I installed the free version and then set it to work, having very little faith that it would actually work. But an hour later, lo and behold, a list a mile long of photos, videos and project files were available to be recovered, and among those files, my (I thought) long-lost project file.
So here's my little shout out to heaven for the day, THANK YOU.
The moral of the story: Pray. Listen. Get a data recover program that you trust.
When they happen, you just have to hold on tight, call your tech, and hope to heavens the problems don't involve data loss.
Last night I made an epic mistake. A mistake so magnificent that when I realized what I'd done, I just sat, staring at my computer screen, dumbfounded, for five minutes.
You see, I've been working from home for the past five days. I caught a nasty cold and needed to get a lot of work done, so luckily I have the option of occasionally working from home. I'd planned on going into the office today, so I prepped my files, saved everything and then copied my massive video project over to my external to transport back to work.
Except, when I checked the copy, my project file wasn't the newest version. It was the project file from five days ago. Apparently I'd been working from the project file on the external hard drive (having a stuffy head and being on cold meds, I didn't really realize that was why my project had been moving a bit slow). So when I went to copy everything from my computer's drive to the external, I replaced the newest version (already on the external) with an old version (from my computer). And that was all she wrote.
Bam. Five days of work, and data, just vanished. Five days that I don't have to rebuild video projects for an upcoming large, corporate meeting. FIVE DAYS.
After the stupor, panic set in.
And then acceptance.
And then remorse.
And then I just started to pray. I needed a miracle.
I prayed and pleaded.
And then I took a bath and got into bed.
And then, laying in bed, I had the impression that I should try a data recovery program. Now I don't place much trust in data recovery programs. I've tried using them before, with no success. So the impression was somewhat out of left field. But, I got out of bed, switched the computer on and plugged in the external.
After a little bit of searching, I found a recovery program that came highly recommended, It's called Disk Drill (for Mac), in case you were wondering. I installed the free version and then set it to work, having very little faith that it would actually work. But an hour later, lo and behold, a list a mile long of photos, videos and project files were available to be recovered, and among those files, my (I thought) long-lost project file.
So here's my little shout out to heaven for the day, THANK YOU.
The moral of the story: Pray. Listen. Get a data recover program that you trust.
God is good, right?! I love it! This is awesome. I'm so glad you got your file back! :D You're the bomb. Just thought I'd tell you again, just in case I haven't told you that enough. Hehe.
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