Re: Lost Pictures

Almost everyone learns that painful lesson. I always copy, then when sure the copy is OK,
delete the original. It is as common as not saving something one is working on every ten
minutes or so, and losing an hour's worth of work.
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"Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> But he didn't copy. He chose move instead. A very bad choice, in that if
> there is a screw up everything can be lost. If you are copying and there is
> a problem, you just copy them again. When the copy is complete, and
> verified, delete the source files.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from: George Ankner
> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>
> "Mistoffolees" <mistyfac01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> > Army wrote:
> >> I was downloading pics from my Kodak camera, and when I came back to
> >> computer it had shut down and was rebooting. I used the command "Move
> >> Pictures". I now have only one pic left on camera and cannot find the
> >> pictures that were downloading when my computer shut down, they did not
> >> go in the file I had them destined to. Can someone please help me locate
> >> these very important pics. Heartbroken and frustrated.
> >
> > Were the picture files being moved directly from the memory
> > card in the camera to the hard disk? It should have been a
> > straight-forward copy job. OTOH, if a software application,
> > such as one supplied by Kodak, was being used to do the move,
> > then take a look in the \temp folder. Also, do a search of the
> > computer for all files using the file extension for the picture
> > files, e.g., *.jpg, *.tif, etc. If non-existent, then the files
> > have vaporized into the ether. Next time, copy the files to the
> > computer and then delete from the camera's memory card.
> >
>
>


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