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Originally Posted by Liteweight
Unfortunately that one pic. was lost in a computer crash.
If anyone here has the skills or know how how to do it again, I sure would appreciate it!!!!!
liteweight
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Thankyou liteweight, and thanks for your feeback.
Oh! - that's bad! ... (and let me guess; that was not the only data you lost)
Unfortunately, my best advise is already too late, but use Dropbox (or similar "sky" database). It's safe, it works, and you can toast your slicks on top of your laptop and still be able to access all your data.
As I frequently renew my computers (as I quess we all do), I completely stopped storing work data, incl. pictures, on my computer. I store everything, except from programmes and system files, on my Dropbox - work as well as private files.
In fact, when you store on Dropbox, you actually store on your computer, but it save a copy in the sky immediately, as you are connected to the internet. This means that you can always access and work with your files, even if you are off line, but next time you connect, it automatically updates all the files you have stored or changed on your computer, since last connection.
This means that you always got all the data you had, last time you was online, and can access them and easily upload them to your next computer, even if the previous computer was crashed.
Regarding the existing files on your crashed computer: in most (i guess 99%) cases, you can recover your files from the harddrive, if it is not the harddrive itself, that is crashed. Thats far over my skills, but ask a professional IT guy if he can connect you harddrive and recover your data.
Last time my motherboard and processer suddenly passes away (PC could only run the blue screen), my IT doctor took out my harddrive and loaded a few important files onto my USB stick.
That just confirmed the point of saving ALL important data on the Dropbox.
And that's about all I know about IT - hope it will help you out.
Regarding to the issue LO23, Charlie and you just talk about - uploading pics and vids in a database, to be easier to find and access for the forum (and yes, that would be a great help, as it can take hours or days to refind a certain picture from this long thread), Dropbox could be a solution, as the members can share a folder there.
But I think that requires that the members exchange email adresses in public, and to give every member access to upload files, they also got access to download, change or delete other data in the folder.
I will ask around if there is a database solution, more suitable for a public forum. I thought maybe sites like Photobucket og Pinterest got such function, but I have no experience with them.
TheDane