Brian,
A few things are worth commenting:
- you said you had put copies in a Favourites folder? Did you lose the
original and the copy? If so it indicates that maybe you didn't make a copy
but made a 'link' in the Favourites folder back to the original.
- do a thorough search (using Google or Windows search) of your hard-drive
for the missing files. You could even search for all *.jpg (or whatever
format) and any you find outside the usual folders need looking into. It's
easy to accidentally drag-and-drop onto the wrong folder, or save into the
wrong location.
- have a look in the Recycle bin, if they were 'deleted' (rather than
corrupted/lost) they'll be in there. Unless you actively manage emptying
the bin, but that defeats the object of having a bin.
- you absolutely MUST sort out a backup strategy!
Good luck!
Jez
On 22 August 2011 03:05, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just to report something I have been suspecting for some time; now it is
> confirmed.
>
> Whole sets of my digital images are just vanishing from my hard drive.
>
> I am in the process of entering 3 images in a competition, and I wanted the
> originals to work on to make sure they were the best I could provide.
>
> I had copies of one in a "favourites" directory as well as in my usual
> logical
> folder.
>
> What I do for each camera is to create a directory for it alone which has
> sub-directories labelled D-1, D-2 etc. Each SD card-full gets placed in its
> directory, then the next goes into the sequential next - and so on. So this
> way I can manually search by date as well as by the number issued by the
> camera.
>
> Several classic shots of autumn deciduous forest scenes have totally gone.
> I
> noticed a while ago that I could also not find the shots taken of me skiing
> a
> couple of year back, and wondered what I had done.
>
> Sometimes I notice there's activity on the hard drive that I cannot account
> for - was this it?
>
> I need to find a way around this. Suggestions welcome.
> I do not have backup; time I did.
>
> I wonder what else is being deleted from right under my nose?
>
> I'm running XP.
>
> (A totally upset) Brian Swale.
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