http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/ Swirlygirl Tue, 22 May 2012 21:04:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19364 Alison Tue, 20 May 2008 20:37:04 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19364 Aside from the already mentioned Apple Time Capsule device, I suggest archiving your most important info on a dvd as an emergency back-up. Sure it sounds like old school tedium but I have found this to be a great lifesaver when all else fails. Hope this helps. :) Aside from the already mentioned Apple Time Capsule device, I suggest archiving your most important info on a dvd as an emergency back-up. Sure it sounds like old school tedium but I have found this to be a great lifesaver when all else fails.
Hope this helps.

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19363 michelle/tangled wings Mon, 05 May 2008 09:17:50 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19363 oh no...take some deep breaths...wish i could be of help but i am lacking in the technical skills department... oh no…take some deep breaths…wish i could be of help but i am lacking in the technical skills department…

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19362 Lunarmusings Thu, 01 May 2008 10:55:00 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19362 I'm not sure what can be done at this point to recover what you have lost, but I offer something to do in the future. I have a Mac, and I use my address book, along with a back up hardrive. I also have an account with Plaxo. It retains all of you addresses and calendar items online for you for free, and will sinc with your computer everytime you make a change. So if you loose anything on your computer, Plaxo still has it and you can re install whatever information you have kept on Plaxo. www.plaxo.com. I also believe that there a few other programs like this, but this is the one I know. Good luck girlfriend, I know this can be just mind screwing at best! I’m not sure what can be done at this point to recover what you have lost, but I offer something to do in the future. I have a Mac, and I use my address book, along with a back up hardrive. I also have an account with Plaxo. It retains all of you addresses and calendar items online for you for free, and will sinc with your computer everytime you make a change. So if you loose anything on your computer, Plaxo still has it and you can re install whatever information you have kept on Plaxo. http://www.plaxo.com.
I also believe that there a few other programs like this, but this is the one I know.
Good luck girlfriend, I know this can be just mind screwing at best!

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19361 Kate Thu, 01 May 2008 09:18:20 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19361 This might be something you've already tried, but google something like "hard drive recovery" or "address book recovery." I recently had a Compact Flash card that was corrupted--some of the images, but not all--and could not for the life of me get them off of the card and onto my computer. I managed to find a piece of software that is able to read corrupted CF cards. I would not have thought there was a piece of software that would recover something like this--if something is corrupted, it's corrupted, right? But it was able to get 99% of the images back, bypassing the 2 or 3 that were corrupted fully and preventing me from transferring anything. And--for having faith--forensic guys recover all sorts of crazy stuff from computer hard drives. When I was panicking over my CF card (and the possibility of losing a huge amount of income from not getting the images), I kept reminding myself of this. I kept saying to myself, "There is a solution to this, I just haven't found it yet." Computer speaking, data is never lost until a hard drive over-writes it. So somewhere, somehow, if you had access to that data once, it is somewhere. (hugs!) This might be something you’ve already tried, but google something like “hard drive recovery” or “address book recovery.” I recently had a Compact Flash card that was corrupted–some of the images, but not all–and could not for the life of me get them off of the card and onto my computer. I managed to find a piece of software that is able to read corrupted CF cards. I would not have thought there was a piece of software that would recover something like this–if something is corrupted, it’s corrupted, right? But it was able to get 99% of the images back, bypassing the 2 or 3 that were corrupted fully and preventing me from transferring anything.
And–for having faith–forensic guys recover all sorts of crazy stuff from computer hard drives. When I was panicking over my CF card (and the possibility of losing a huge amount of income from not getting the images), I kept reminding myself of this. I kept saying to myself, “There is a solution to this, I just haven’t found it yet.”
Computer speaking, data is never lost until a hard drive over-writes it. So somewhere, somehow, if you had access to that data once, it is somewhere.
(hugs!)

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19360 Nina Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:47:21 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19360 Ack! I wish I wasn't so tech un-savvy. But am sending you lots of love and hope for recovery. What to do? xo, Nina Ack! I wish I wasn’t so tech un-savvy. But am sending you lots of love and hope for recovery. What to do?
xo,
Nina

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19359 wordybird Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:06:33 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19359 i don't use a mac, but - does your e-mail program automatically save a copy of every e-mail you send? this may seem way too obvious, but go through your in- and outboxes and you should be able to recover quite a few of your e-mail addresses. then send a group e-mail to those folks describing your plight and asking them to send you all their contact info. it will at least get you started on rebuilding your address book. sometimes, in the initial panic after a mega computer screwup, it's easy to overlook some of the simple workarounds. hope this helps even a bit. i don’t use a mac, but – does your e-mail program automatically save a copy of every e-mail you send? this may seem way too obvious, but go through your in- and outboxes and you should be able to recover quite a few of your e-mail addresses. then send a group e-mail to those folks describing your plight and asking them to send you all their contact info. it will at least get you started on rebuilding your address book. sometimes, in the initial panic after a mega computer screwup, it’s easy to overlook some of the simple workarounds. hope this helps even a bit.

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19358 melissa Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:54:25 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19358 OH NO!! I am computer illiterate so I am of no help except to send you good vibes that you can recover your info! Love you! OH NO!! I am computer illiterate so I am of no help except to send you good vibes that you can recover your info! Love you!

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19357 Lisa Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:11:34 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19357 Ug. I wish I could help, but I got nothin' for ya, honey! I really, really hope that you can recover your data! Ug. I wish I could help, but I got nothin’ for ya, honey!
I really, really hope that you can recover your data!

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19356 Crystal Mohrmann Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:55:51 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19356 Here's another link that may be helpful and seems even more pertinent to your problem: http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-70260.html And worst case scenario, you could also try a file salvage software like this: http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1 Hope these help! Here’s another link that may be helpful and seems even more pertinent to your problem:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-70260.html
And worst case scenario, you could also try a file salvage software like this:
http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1
Hope these help!

]]> http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19355 Crystal Mohrmann Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:53:07 +0000 http://christinemasonmiller.com/2008/04/30/desperate/#comment-19355 I recommend time machine as well...it comes with Apple Leopard. You can use it with any hard drive and it backs up all your info regularly. In the meantime, I found this link. I'm not exactly sure what it means or if it will help, but it seems like it might be what you need: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080319065135344 I recommend time machine as well…it comes with Apple Leopard. You can use it with any hard drive and it backs up all your info regularly.
In the meantime, I found this link. I’m not exactly sure what it means or if it will help, but it seems like it might be what you need:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080319065135344

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