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koca
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Posted - 2008.01.08 17:19:00 -
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I'm away on holiday with my girfriend staying with her father and sister. Yesterday my girlfriend went out for the day to see her friends, i got bored so i decided to downloaded the expanded version of eve-online, to her sister's comp, and before they get back i'll unistall it, to save me grief as, i dont wanna hear you cant stay away from that game for 3 weeks. Anyhow when i downloaded the client i saved it to my documents on her computer, as the operating system is polish and i know where my documents is, this would save me precious seconds if she come back early so i could uninstall, however this was'nt needed. I logged on for a look and a spot of training and looked at the shiney new graphics as my comp back home cant handle it, then uninstaled eve from her computer and thought nothing else of it for the evening.
Untill this morning when i got a bellowing shout of my name
"WHAT WAS YOU DOING ON THE INTERNET YESTERDAY?"
to which i replied sheepishly
"the same what i have done for the last few days dear"........
"well all my pictures have gone off the computer!"
this is when i got a aching pain in my gut and thought well the only thing i did was uninstall eve. I'm not 100% sure this is my fault however i was the last to use the computer and i'm living with the guilt of all her photo's of the last few years have gone... even the ones of her mother who passed away 4 years ago...
Questions
1 - I'm not too clued up with computer's did i do something wrong ?
2 - I dont suppose i can get these files back if it is my fault (which i'm be really fear it is) can i?
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koca
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Posted - 2008.01.08 17:19:00 -
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I'm away on holiday with my girfriend staying with her father and sister. Yesterday my girlfriend went out for the day to see her friends, i got bored so i decided to downloaded the expanded version of eve-online, to her sister's comp, and before they get back i'll unistall it, to save me grief as, i dont wanna hear you cant stay away from that game for 3 weeks. Anyhow when i downloaded the client i saved it to my documents on her computer, as the operating system is polish and i know where my documents is, this would save me precious seconds if she come back early so i could uninstall, however this was'nt needed. I logged on for a look and a spot of training and looked at the shiney new graphics as my comp back home cant handle it, then uninstaled eve from her computer and thought nothing else of it for the evening.
Untill this morning when i got a bellowing shout of my name
"WHAT WAS YOU DOING ON THE INTERNET YESTERDAY?"
to which i replied sheepishly
"the same what i have done for the last few days dear"........
"well all my pictures have gone off the computer!"
this is when i got a aching pain in my gut and thought well the only thing i did was uninstall eve. I'm not 100% sure this is my fault however i was the last to use the computer and i'm living with the guilt of all her photo's of the last few years have gone... even the ones of her mother who passed away 4 years ago...
Questions
1 - I'm not too clued up with computer's did i do something wrong ?
2 - I dont suppose i can get these files back if it is my fault (which i'm be really fear it is) can i?
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Xanos Blackpaw
Amarr
The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2008.01.08 17:26:00 -
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 Originally by: koca
I'm away on holiday with my girfriend staying with her father and sister. Yesterday my girlfriend went out for the day to see her friends, i got bored so i decided to downloaded the expanded version of eve-online, to her sister's comp, and before they get back i'll unistall it, to save me grief as, i dont wanna hear you cant stay away from that game for 3 weeks. Anyhow when i downloaded the client i saved it to my documents on her computer, as the operating system is polish and i know where my documents is, this would save me precious seconds if she come back early so i could uninstall, however this was'nt needed. I logged on for a look and a spot of training and looked at the shiney new graphics as my comp back home cant handle it, then uninstaled eve from her computer and thought nothing else of it for the evening.
Untill this morning when i got a bellowing shout of my name
"WHAT WAS YOU DOING ON THE INTERNET YESTERDAY?"
to which i replied sheepishly
"the same what i have done for the last few days dear"........
"well all my pictures have gone off the computer!"
this is when i got a aching pain in my gut and thought well the only thing i did was uninstall eve. I'm not 100% sure this is my fault however i was the last to use the computer and i'm living with the guilt of all her photo's of the last few years have gone... even the ones of her mother who passed away 4 years ago...
Questions
1 - I'm not too clued up with computer's did i do something wrong ?
2 - I dont suppose i can get these files back if it is my fault (which i'm be really fear it is) can i?
was the photos in the same file as boot.ini?
Playing minmatar is "like going down a flight of stairs in a office chair firing an Uzi". |
Xanos Blackpaw
Amarr
The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2008.01.08 17:26:00 -
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Originally by: koca
I'm away on holiday with my girfriend staying with her father and sister. Yesterday my girlfriend went out for the day to see her friends, i got bored so i decided to downloaded the expanded version of eve-online, to her sister's comp, and before they get back i'll unistall it, to save me grief as, i dont wanna hear you cant stay away from that game for 3 weeks. Anyhow when i downloaded the client i saved it to my documents on her computer, as the operating system is polish and i know where my documents is, this would save me precious seconds if she come back early so i could uninstall, however this was'nt needed. I logged on for a look and a spot of training and looked at the shiney new graphics as my comp back home cant handle it, then uninstaled eve from her computer and thought nothing else of it for the evening.
Untill this morning when i got a bellowing shout of my name
"WHAT WAS YOU DOING ON THE INTERNET YESTERDAY?"
to which i replied sheepishly
"the same what i have done for the last few days dear"........
"well all my pictures have gone off the computer!"
this is when i got a aching pain in my gut and thought well the only thing i did was uninstall eve. I'm not 100% sure this is my fault however i was the last to use the computer and i'm living with the guilt of all her photo's of the last few years have gone... even the ones of her mother who passed away 4 years ago...
Questions
1 - I'm not too clued up with computer's did i do something wrong ?
2 - I dont suppose i can get these files back if it is my fault (which i'm be really fear it is) can i?
was the photos in the same file as boot.ini?
Playing minmatar is "like going down a flight of stairs in a office chair firing an Uzi". |
Vyger
The first genesis
Veritas Immortalis
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Posted - 2008.01.08 17:27:00 -
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Edited by: Vyger on 08/01/2008 17:28:13
Where were her pictures located? In the My Pictures folder?
Anyway, uninstalling EVE 'should not' have any effect on anything else. (Note I said 'should not', after the boot.ini incident you just never know anymore)
PS. Check the Recycle bin folder.
PPS. She did have BACKUPS didn't she? 
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Vyger
The first genesis
Veritas Immortalis
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Posted - 2008.01.08 17:27:00 -
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Edited by: Vyger on 08/01/2008 17:28:13
Where were her pictures located? In the My Pictures folder?
Anyway, uninstalling EVE 'should not' have any effect on anything else. (Note I said 'should not', after the boot.ini incident you just never know anymore)
PS. Check the Recycle bin folder.
PPS. She did have BACKUPS didn't she?
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
The Delta Source
Dread Sovereign
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Posted - 2008.01.08 17:33:00 -
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First off....BUUURRN!
It's only going to go downhill buddy. See if you can reset the pc to it's last known configuration a month back. Hopefully that will save your relationship.
And install Eve on a portable USB chip that you keep on your keychain.
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
The Delta Source
Dread Sovereign
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Posted - 2008.01.08 17:33:00 -
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First off....BUUURRN!
It's only going to go downhill buddy. See if you can reset the pc to it's last known configuration a month back. Hopefully that will save your relationship.
And install Eve on a portable USB chip that you keep on your keychain.
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Avery Fatwallet
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Posted - 2008.01.08 17:40:00 -
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1) stop every activity that writes **** to your harddisk (haha, like that is possible)
2) google for "undelete"
3) look for free proggy
4) ignore rule one, install it.
5) look for recently deleted picture files
6) and undelete them.
chances are, tho, it isnt your fault. if youre telling the truth, i cant possibly imagine how you shouldve managed to kill her pictures.
id bet on:
she just cant find them, because subconsciously she just wants to ***** around.
she accidentially deleted them.
you accidentially deleted them.
(in both cases they are just in the recycle bin, at least if youre all as tech savvy as it sounds like)
and to bring this long post to an end:
DONT EVER EVER EVER INSTALL SOMETHING ON A COMPUTER WITHOUT THE OWNER KNOWING.
thats wrong.
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Neon Genesis
The Landed Gentry
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Posted - 2008.01.08 20:03:00 -
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Edited by: Neon Genesis on 08/01/2008 20:03:55
Originally by: Avery Fatwallet
1) stop every activity that writes **** to your harddisk (haha, like that is possible)
2) google for "undelete"
3) look for free proggy
4) ignore rule one, install it.
5) look for recently deleted picture files
6) and undelete them.
chances are, tho, it isnt your fault. if youre telling the truth, i cant possibly imagine how you shouldve managed to kill her pictures.
id bet on:
she just cant find them, because subconsciously she just wants to ***** around.
she accidentially deleted them.
you accidentially deleted them.
(in both cases they are just in the recycle bin, at least if youre all as tech savvy as it sounds like)
and to bring this long post to an end:
DONT EVER EVER EVER INSTALL SOMETHING ON A COMPUTER WITHOUT THE OWNER KNOWING.
thats wrong.
This. People who don't know the basics of operating a computer often say stuff like 'it got deleted' or 'I have a virus'. It's rarely true.
Do a search for pictures using search (duhh). This will tell you where the majority of them are located. If they really have been deleted just use a recovery program as suggested.
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annoing
Amarr
MisFunk Inc.
Frontline.
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Posted - 2008.01.08 20:39:00 -
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or in fact, 'system restore' 
NOTHING is ever truely deleted from a computer HDD unless you really really try to do it.
Originally by: Ian Holloway
Smooth as a cashmere codpiece
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Xonkra
Gallente
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Posted - 2008.01.08 21:57:00 -
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Edited by: Xonkra on 08/01/2008 22:00:25
Originally by: annoing
or in fact, 'system restore'
NOTHING is ever truely deleted from a computer HDD unless you really really try to do it.
unless it gets overwriten by something else...
or if you quick format
edit:
OP, lol at your gf not making a backup.
i mean C'MON!!! 4years and not a single backup of documents ???
i'd say you thought her a very good lesson 
Originally by: Illyria Ambri
No matter how you want to say it.. it always sounds like
*frog clearing throat* "Ve zurrendur, dunt schuut"
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Ninketsu
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Posted - 2008.01.09 00:10:00 -
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Originally by: Xonkra
i'd say you thought her a very good lesson
HAHA
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koca
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Posted - 2008.01.09 10:38:00 -
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Ok i should have gave you a little more information....
1 - the operating system is windows XP
2 - i just downloaded eve to my documents as i know where it is from the polish start menu
3 - when i uninstalled it i went to start/programs/EVE/uninstall.
4 - i'm 99% sure i didnt accidently delete them as all i have done on her comp is look at web pages and untill 2 days ago download eve client.
5 - im not sure if the photo's were in the boot ini.
6 - here pictues were located in my documents/and in a folder called my pictures -i remember this as she was only showing me them a week before.
7 - there is nothing in the recycle bin
8 - if i need a recovery program, do i have to buy one or can i download free off the net? (if so any links please)
9 - will a system restore dosomething like give your pictures back?
thanks for your help people, i appreciate it
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Shinnen
Caldari
Northern Intelligence
The Reckoning.
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Posted - 2008.01.09 11:07:00 -
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Edited by: Shinnen on 09/01/2008 11:07:36
Originally by: koca
6 - here pictues were located in my documents/and in a folder called my pictures -i remember this as she was only showing me them a week before.
Ok try this: press windows key (that's the one with the flag on between control and alt) and F at the same time.
Type this in the box titled Search for files or folders named:
"*.jpg" (without the quotes) then try it again with "*.jpeg" if you find nothing.
Leave containing text blank, and keep Look in: at Local Hard Drives
Originally by: koca
9 - will a system restore dosomething like give your pictures back?
It can do. If it does, they will most likely not be located in the original folder, find them using the above method.
Originally by: koca
5 - im not sure if the photo's were in the boot ini.
... oh dear.
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koca
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Posted - 2008.01.09 11:34:00 -
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Originally by: Shinnen
Edited by: Shinnen on 09/01/2008 11:07:36
Originally by: koca
6 - here pictues were located in my documents/and in a folder called my pictures -i remember this as she was only showing me them a week before.
Ok try this: press windows key (that's the one with the flag on between control and alt) and F at the same time.
Type this in the box titled Search for files or folders named:
"*.jpg" (without the quotes) then try it again with "*.jpeg" if you find nothing.
Leave containing text blank, and keep Look in: at Local Hard Drives
Originally by: koca
9 - will a system restore dosomething like give your pictures back?
It can do. If it does, they will most likely not be located in the original folder, find them using the above method.
Originally by: koca
5 - im not sure if the photo's were in the boot ini.
... oh dear.
shinnen thx for this! i/we dont think its everything that was lost, however by he looks of things, most of them are there in the computer. we restored some of them back in the correct place however there was 94 files found and only 20 odd was recovered back into my documents, the other 70 odd cant or wont go back, saying this my my gf is not good with computer's like me and 2 the operating system is polish so i cant read everything. on the up side her sister will be back in 8 hours and she is apprently better with computers and i'll have another shot at it then. by the way i didnt do the system resotre i just did the search for 'jpg'.
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Kirjava
Lothian Quay Industries
Zzz
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Posted - 2008.01.09 11:36:00 -
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Sir - get her a pen drive for ú15 and this will never happen again for her
~Nyron
Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
But poor victimized Ulf...I weep lavender scented tears for you.
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Shinnen
Caldari
Northern Intelligence
The Reckoning.
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Posted - 2008.01.09 16:52:00 -
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Originally by: koca
Originally by: Shinnen
Edited by: Shinnen on 09/01/2008 11:07:36
Originally by: koca
6 - here pictues were located in my documents/and in a folder called my pictures -i remember this as she was only showing me them a week before.
Ok try this: press windows key (that's the one with the flag on between control and alt) and F at the same time.
Type this in the box titled Search for files or folders named:
"*.jpg" (without the quotes) then try it again with "*.jpeg" if you find nothing.
Leave containing text blank, and keep Look in: at Local Hard Drives
Originally by: koca
9 - will a system restore dosomething like give your pictures back?
It can do. If it does, they will most likely not be located in the original folder, find them using the above method.
Originally by: koca
5 - im not sure if the photo's were in the boot ini.
... oh dear.
shinnen thx for this! i/we dont think its everything that was lost, however by he looks of things, most of them are there in the computer. we restored some of them back in the correct place however there was 94 files found and only 20 odd was recovered back into my documents, the other 70 odd cant or wont go back, saying this my my gf is not good with computer's like me and 2 the operating system is polish so i cant read everything. on the up side her sister will be back in 8 hours and she is apprently better with computers and i'll have another shot at it then. by the way i didnt do the system resotre i just did the search for 'jpg'.
np.
Try to copy and paste those 70 photos that wont go back. Instead of moving them. Maybe you'll get a result then?
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Calderio
Caldari
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.01.09 18:58:00 -
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Originally by: koca
I'm away on holiday with my girfriend staying with her father and sister. Yesterday my girlfriend went out for the day to see her friends, i got bored so i decided to downloaded the expanded version of eve-online, to her sister's comp, and before they get back i'll unistall it, to save me grief as, i dont wanna hear you cant stay away from that game for 3 weeks. Anyhow when i downloaded the client i saved it to my documents on her computer, as the operating system is polish and i know where my documents is, this would save me precious seconds if she come back early so i could uninstall, however this was'nt needed. I logged on for a look and a spot of training and looked at the shiney new graphics as my comp back home cant handle it, then uninstaled eve from her computer and thought nothing else of it for the evening.
Untill this morning when i got a bellowing shout of my name
"WHAT WAS YOU DOING ON THE INTERNET YESTERDAY?"
to which i replied sheepishly
"the same what i have done for the last few days dear"........
"well all my pictures have gone off the computer!"
this is when i got a aching pain in my gut and thought well the only thing i did was uninstall eve. I'm not 100% sure this is my fault however i was the last to use the computer and i'm living with the guilt of all her photo's of the last few years have gone... even the ones of her mother who passed away 4 years ago...
Questions
1 - I'm not too clued up with computer's did i do something wrong ?
2 - I dont suppose i can get these files back if it is my fault (which i'm be really fear it is) can i?
I call dibbs on any Nudie picks that you may recover.
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Kastar
Paragon Horizons
Intergalactic Brotherhood
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Posted - 2008.01.09 20:32:00 -
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If she's not good with computers it's surprising she could have found that you were on the intrenet on another day.
If there were around 90 pictures and you found 20 i another location, how did they come there ? Who did it ? If you know that, check where the rest is and tell her it wasn't you.
If they were deleted and they're not in the trash bin... they were most likely thrown away on purpose.
If you say that you think they're not in te boot.ini, you aren't that good with computers either and all above points are moot 
Anyhow, all reasonable suggestions were made. It's a huge mistake not to have a backup. Does system restore really restore documents ? I really doubt that.
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Rawr Cristina
Caldari
Cult of Rawr
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Posted - 2008.01.09 20:54:00 -
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I think by setting the EVE folder as 'My Documents' it thought that was in fact the EVE folder, thus on uninstall um... it was removed 
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Riddick Valhalla
Caldari
Eritaramis and Partners
Plunder-Bears
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Posted - 2008.01.11 11:48:00 -
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I concur with the above, putting an install directory to anything already existing is asking for anything existing in that directory to be deleted upon program uninstall. It doesn't care what's in there, it just has to delete that directory..... and all your prn.
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