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By photogirl - 30/08/2010 18:42 - United States

Today, my external hard drive broke. My husband tried to fix it, and the computer told him he needed to format it. Apparently he didn't know what formatting does, so he did it. I'm a wedding photographer and had a full summer of unfinished wedding photography on there. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/09/2009 20:22 - United States

Today, I got a new computer because my old one crashed, deleting all music, photos, and documents. I still had all my music on my iPod though, and went to sync it to the new computer. By accident, my younger brother pulled the cord out before it was done, deleting all 3,000 songs forever. FML

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DQ2011 0

Monday 30 August 2010 23:08

it's savable!!!!! don't do anything else to it and google how to recover data!!!

Cinn_fml 22

Monday 30 August 2010 23:17

If your husband doesn't know what 'formatting' means, why was he the one attempting to fix it? Also, as you had important files on there, it might have been worth calling someone who was paid and qualified to do it. And this is what backing up is for.

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natural711 6

Monday 30 August 2010 23:28

wow sucks to be you, I feel your pain

metallicatime 0

Monday 30 August 2010 23:31

it says when you format the hard drive it wipes the hard drives memory. what a tard. fly

capilot 10

Tuesday 31 August 2010 0:11

If the file system was corrupted, reformatting would have been the only option to make the disk usable again anyway. Instead, you should have taken the drive to a data recovery company. IMPORTANT!: Stop using the drive. Remove it from the computer. A data recover company can still recover a lot of what was on it. But the longer you leave it on your computer, the more data will be lost forever.

randelynn 0

Monday 30 August 2010 23:31

wow your husband is a loser.

joemk2012 0

Monday 30 August 2010 23:35

There's still hope! If you're low on time, keep one thing mind: 10 nude photos are just as good as 1000 wedding photos

osirisfrost 0

Monday 30 August 2010 23:36

lesson learned: ALWAYS SAVE IMPORTANT WORK TO REDUNDANT DRIVES.

Yanni_S 0

Monday 30 August 2010 23:36

You're both idiots.. why would it only be on your hard drive? What about memory cards and backups? Bad practice imo. Plus why would it be a full summer worth, takes months to print the photos and burn the CDs?

RufusCade 7

Monday 30 August 2010 23:42

YDI, you stupid idiot! BACK UP!!!! Read my lips: B-A-C-K U-P

jordonisawesome 0

Monday 30 August 2010 23:44

invest in 2 ext HDD, back up to both and have it on primary HDD on computer as well. now there are three copies and less chance of **** up. tada

perdix 29

Monday 30 August 2010 23:47

Here's a "flash:" You're going to have to "shutter" your business for not being able to "focus" on your job well enough. A competent photographer would have at least one daily (or more frequent) backup of the critical data, and an off-site backup in case your house burns down or get flooded. Luckily, hobos living under bridges need not worry about data security, so you'll fit right in.