My photos have been found! Vista had saved them. I found them in the folder windows.old on my C: drive. They were not in the most intuitive place, but they were there.
For those of you that reinstall Vista without formatting the hard drive first note that Vista will save your Documents folder and your Pictures folder under the windows.old folder. It saves a lot of other stuff too, but these I think are the most valuable. If you try to recover some of the other files, I think you will do more harm than good.
Also, be aware that if you are low on disc space before you re-install Vista, you may run out of it because of this back up. I do not know how the re-install will react if you are low on space. I had a brand new huge disc space so I had no problem. I am planning on backing up the windows.old folder and removing it from my PC. That will streamline my full backup somewhat.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Computers - A Tale and MiscellaneousThoughts
After nearly seven years, I finally bought a new computer. I had a company build it for me. For the most part, I am happy with it, but the smaller part can drive you crazy.
When I returned from vacation in July, I found my password had expired. I did not have a password, but it had expired. Vista asked me to change it. I tried to change it. Vista would not let me change it. Vista said it could not connect to my domain controller. I did not have a domain controller. This is a standalone installation.
After much pushing, shoving, and head pounding, I re-installed Vista. Before the re-install I used the maintenance connection to back up my data. Well, I thought I had backed up my data, but I cannot find the DVD with all my photos.
I have now recovered to April 13 of this year. I think I will be able to recover up to June 1. Only time will tell. I tried to copy the photos from my old PC. I must have broken the heart of my old PC when I bought the new one. The old one will not load Windows. It crashes to boot up.
That is enough about this problem. I am ready to move on to bigger and better problems. See you later. As my college roommate would always say, "Thanks for stopping."
When I returned from vacation in July, I found my password had expired. I did not have a password, but it had expired. Vista asked me to change it. I tried to change it. Vista would not let me change it. Vista said it could not connect to my domain controller. I did not have a domain controller. This is a standalone installation.
After much pushing, shoving, and head pounding, I re-installed Vista. Before the re-install I used the maintenance connection to back up my data. Well, I thought I had backed up my data, but I cannot find the DVD with all my photos.
I have now recovered to April 13 of this year. I think I will be able to recover up to June 1. Only time will tell. I tried to copy the photos from my old PC. I must have broken the heart of my old PC when I bought the new one. The old one will not load Windows. It crashes to boot up.
That is enough about this problem. I am ready to move on to bigger and better problems. See you later. As my college roommate would always say, "Thanks for stopping."
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