MrClean
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You could always draw some stick figures on paper doing different things.................. "Aw, look here kids, this is you guys at the park"...."and this one is Johnny's 2nd birthday party"
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You could always draw some stick figures on paper doing different things.................. "Aw, look here kids, this is you guys at the park"...."and this one is Johnny's 2nd birthday party"
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You could always draw some stick figures on paper doing different things.................. "Aw, look here kids, this is you guys at the park"...."and this one is Johnny's 2nd birthday party"
That's Plan B! LOL
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Well, I just got the email from the company and they have recieved the drive. I now have 5 to 7 days to wait for an answer. These guys are good. They not only made me aware of this... they also in the email they sent to me put themselves on the clock as of today. Not bad.
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Just got the call from the drive recovery folks. It seems that the heads have made contact with the platter and the data is completely corrupt and therefore unrecoverable. My life is over... and I need to know where to leave the key to the RC room and all the contents therein.
May I R.I.P. after my wife dismembers me in my sleep.
Godale
May I R.I.P. after my wife dismembers me in my sleep.
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You can leave the keys under my mat. If that helps.
Sorry you lost all ur stuff. Hope the wife lets you live.
Sorry you lost all ur stuff. Hope the wife lets you live.
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Oh she is going to kill me, no doubt there!
My list of RC is found in my profile. The RC room also contains a very nice gun safe, two work benches, network, phone, Sat hookups, storage, brand new checkpoint charger, air compressor, enough parts to start my own hobby shop, and other various support equipment electric and nitro.
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I'm sorry to hear that Tom, I really am. I think that although this is a horrible experience for you, it could be educational for other folks. I can't stress how important it is to actually get pictures developed like we used to do in the good old days. You can have them developed and put them in albums to help protect them, and unless the house burns down they should be alright. At least protected from mechanical failure.
Tom, once again, I'm sorry man. I really hate that happened to you and your family.
Tom, once again, I'm sorry man. I really hate that happened to you and your family.
MrClean
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Damn Tom, I'm truly sorry to hear that. 
Maybe not completely over, but at night, it's going to be cold in the bedroom for awhile. :\
Maybe not completely over, but at night, it's going to be cold in the bedroom for awhile. :\
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Thanks guys... I apreciate it. Hard lessen learned.
I have already starting calling friends and family to obtain digital photos that they may have from family functions and holidays. So far I have been emailed quite a few from my daughters birth and the days following. I have even contacted Amy's Ex to obtain any photos that he has of my stepson growing up. I figure it is the least I can do. So far everyone has been positive and have agreed to give me everything they may have in an attempt to recover some of the memories I so mercelessly destroyed.
I have already starting calling friends and family to obtain digital photos that they may have from family functions and holidays. So far I have been emailed quite a few from my daughters birth and the days following. I have even contacted Amy's Ex to obtain any photos that he has of my stepson growing up. I figure it is the least I can do. So far everyone has been positive and have agreed to give me everything they may have in an attempt to recover some of the memories I so mercelessly destroyed.
CharliesTheMan
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Yeah I was just thinking that you and especially your wife has been emailing pictures of the kids since they were born. If you archive your emails, then you could pull up all of the sent emails and see what you can recover that way, but you could also ask the ones that you sent lots of pictures to, to send them back, and it sounds like you've got it covered so that will be nice. I guess the sex tapes that you guys made might not be able to be recovered since you probably didn't send them to very many close family members lol.
neobart
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Man I feel really bad for you Tom. I can only imagine what you will be going through. I've made the same bonehead move, but that was "only" my personal pictures that was lost.
I truly hope your wife takes pity in you realizing it was a mistake, and that your are sincerely sorry.
As you sleep in the dog house know that you have my sympathies. I would not like to be in your shoes right now.
I truly hope your wife takes pity in you realizing it was a mistake, and that your are sincerely sorry.
As you sleep in the dog house know that you have my sympathies. I would not like to be in your shoes right now.
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That's really devastating. I'm really sorry to hear that. I was hoping for the best when you sent in the HD.
Good thought on having friends and relatives send you what they have, but I know there will be hundreds more that you'll never see again.
That's a hard lesson learned, but you know all the ones you sent to others were the most important ones, so you'll get those back.
Good thought on having friends and relatives send you what they have, but I know there will be hundreds more that you'll never see again.
That's a hard lesson learned, but you know all the ones you sent to others were the most important ones, so you'll get those back.
Sorry to hear that bro, it has to suck loosing all of those memories.
Can I have your Metallica ticket?
Can I have your Metallica ticket?
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Totally devistating, and completely humbling. I feel like a complete idiot. Knowing that I destroyed something that will never be able to be recovered. The best I can do is patch together any and all pictures I can find. Hopefully she will forgive me in time. I know I may sound dramatic, but my wife is really upset and furious with me currently, and I don't what I can do to console her. I feel completly helpless.
Consider it done my friend.
Consider it done my friend.
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I have a suggestion that I think should work. Collect as many of the most important pictures you can, then print them out and secretly create an album of the photos she would treasure most, and present it to her with a bouquet of Roses.
It might take a while, but if you know ANYTHING about women, you know that roses mean "You're right, I was wrong, and that's why I love you."
It might take a while, but if you know ANYTHING about women, you know that roses mean "You're right, I was wrong, and that's why I love you."
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That's just too much work, I think divorce papers are a better option...
I kid, I kid...Rolex's suggestion is actually a very good one. Now don't screw it up again this time ya big dummy!
I kid, I kid...Rolex's suggestion is actually a very good one. Now don't screw it up again this time ya big dummy!
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I just broke the news to her.... she broke down into tears. I don't think I could feel any lower at this point. I was trying to tell her about the pictures I have been able to piece together, and get from family. All she did was point out the things that I will never be able to get back.
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Man, this is a painful thread to read. It's hard to imagine how each of you must feel.
Here's what I don't understand. Nothing YOU did damaged your drive. Was it damaged during shipping? How could the ENTIRE drive be damaged? How can all the info on all the platters be destroyed?
Here's what I don't understand. Nothing YOU did damaged your drive. Was it damaged during shipping? How could the ENTIRE drive be damaged? How can all the info on all the platters be destroyed?
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It is definitely not one of the better moments in my life for sure. Things could be a whole lot worse. I think I would have had an easier time telling her I was the father of another womans child. It was something I was dreading for sure.
You are correct. There was nothing that I did that would have caused the drive to fail. I simply deleted the partition. The software I purchased should have been all it took to recover my files. The drive failling was a terrible coincidence. Apparently the drive heads contacted the platters, causing physical damage to the drive itself. The drive failed while I was attempting to copy the information the software was able to recover off the old drive. Now I am not an expert on this, but according to what they told me, there was enough physical damage to the platters that it rendered the data totally useless. Now I thought companies like this one were supposed to specialize in this type of data recovery. I guess not. There are companies out there that can retrieve some data in this type of situation, but they usually run somewhere between 10 and 100 thousand dollars depending on what type of data they can recover, but that is way to rich for my blood.
We did have some older photos on CD that we were able to find, and a few folders worth on my laptop, but we are still missing the majority of photos between 2004 to present. Our families have been more that helpfull and are going to send us everything that they have in digital format, so I suppose it is better than nothing.
I tell you what gentlemen.... nothing, and I mean nothing has ever made me feel as lousy as having to look my wife in the face while she was crying. Having to tell her how sorry I was and to even be able to put into words how sorry I really am. It completely broke my heart.
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In a word: Dude... Man do I feel for you--it hurt to read about it. 
