Request for photos

[neksmerj]

I recently had a request to put up all my photos for my Hercus 9 AR restoration. Sadly I lost the lot when my old computer fell off the perch. Not all files were transferred across Hercus included.

Anorak Bob, if you are listening, I know you filed some away. Any chance you could dig out what you have and re-post them.

Ken

[Anorak Bob]

Hello Ken,

You posted a number of photos of your AR on PM's South Bend forum. I had a look last night but came up empty handed. They could be buried in some more obscure thread. I know I commented once on the woodie forum about the photos but finding that comment has me stumped.

Bob

[neksmerj]

Thanks Bob,

I can't recall posting pics on the South Bend forum, but that may well be.

I reckon most of the snaps were here on this forum. I recall you re posted some, a long time ago.

Looks like all's lost.

Ken

[Anorak Bob]

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...39/#post798170

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...4/#post1967014

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...31/#post827093

Probably the quickest way to locate photos is Google - https://www.google.com.au/search?q=h...ed=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

Scroll down and, bugger me, there are your missing photos. Save them somewhere safe Ken.

Bob.

[neksmerj]

Hi Bob,

You are a genius, I did a search on the Practical Machinist, and found nothing.

Good stuff, I'll see if I can copy the images.

Ken

[Master Splinter]

Is your old hard drive actually cactus?

[neksmerj]

Hi MS,

It was my hard drive that failed necessitating a new computer, at least that's what the computer shop said.

I have a feeling that was BS as I have been able to extract a few files from it.

Do you think you could lift all my photos off it?

Ken

[Master Splinter]

It depends on exactly how it failed - if it was a physical issue (ooops, dropped it off the desk, ooops, it's older than the Crimean war and I should have replaced it when it started making funny noises, not six months after) you have a lesser chance of recovery, but if it was just the file system getting it's knickers in a twist and trashing it's file allocation table there's a chance stuff can be pulled off it.

If you are able to plug it into your existing PC (which it sounds like) there's plenty of free file recovery software - http://pcsupport.about.com/od/filere...y-programs.htm I've used Recova and Easus in the past. Large discs can take several hours for a full deep scan so don't expect instant results.

The recovery software goes through the entire disk, checking it byte-by-byte, and trying to reconstruct files when it finds internal file header data (so if it reads a file header string such as 'jfif' it thinks "oh, this sounds like the header of a jpg file, I'll see if I can assemble the data after it according to the jpg standard")

[neksmerj]

Hi MS,

Thanks for the info, I'll try downloading some recovery software.

I just had a go trying to explore the drive, without luck. It just kept looking, looking, looking without result.

Ken