We all know what happened to this site over the weekend?
Well here is the story of another very personal crash.
I suppose the truth of the matter is that this post is just me trying to vent some of my frustration but it could serve as a warning to others.
Anyway, for what it’s worth, here’s my tale.
A few months ago, I invested in a new 500gigabyte external hard drive. I used this as a storage medium for all the cine (9.5mm,8mm & 16mm) transfers to MPEG I had done over the years for various friends and acquaintances. One in particular went on sale commercially in my local area and made a good profit (for charity). I was very proud of that.
Also on the disk was a library of original music I had recorded over the last few years and many of my own photographs. I estimate around 300G of information.
Last night, I accidentally dropped it and - Kapow!!! End of story. Hard drive Kaput!
After many hours of work and some soul searching, I decided to physically destroy the disk (just in case I still had stored any sensitive info like bank statements etc.) and threw it away. If this work had been the result of a commercial venture, I could have paid a hefty sum for some data retrieval boffin to have a go but, it was all just hobby stuff (stuff, nonetheless, that I am quite passionate about).
The good news is that much of the old film is backed up on digital tape but unedited.
I think I also have most of my music lying around on various CDs.
Still, I’m pretty sad at my loss (I feel like I’ve lost an arm or a good friend).
Probably 100G is gone forever. The rest will take many hours to put right.
I hope that such a stupid accident can help others here avoid such a calamity.
Meanwhile, it’s back to the drawing board for me.
Ho Hum.
Well here is the story of another very personal crash.
I suppose the truth of the matter is that this post is just me trying to vent some of my frustration but it could serve as a warning to others.
Anyway, for what it’s worth, here’s my tale.
A few months ago, I invested in a new 500gigabyte external hard drive. I used this as a storage medium for all the cine (9.5mm,8mm & 16mm) transfers to MPEG I had done over the years for various friends and acquaintances. One in particular went on sale commercially in my local area and made a good profit (for charity). I was very proud of that.
Also on the disk was a library of original music I had recorded over the last few years and many of my own photographs. I estimate around 300G of information.
Last night, I accidentally dropped it and - Kapow!!! End of story. Hard drive Kaput!
After many hours of work and some soul searching, I decided to physically destroy the disk (just in case I still had stored any sensitive info like bank statements etc.) and threw it away. If this work had been the result of a commercial venture, I could have paid a hefty sum for some data retrieval boffin to have a go but, it was all just hobby stuff (stuff, nonetheless, that I am quite passionate about).
The good news is that much of the old film is backed up on digital tape but unedited.
I think I also have most of my music lying around on various CDs.
Still, I’m pretty sad at my loss (I feel like I’ve lost an arm or a good friend).
Probably 100G is gone forever. The rest will take many hours to put right.
I hope that such a stupid accident can help others here avoid such a calamity.
Meanwhile, it’s back to the drawing board for me.
Ho Hum.
