On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 06:20:42 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
wrote:

>On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 11:51:00 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 9:39:12 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> >
>> > I kid you NOT! The whole ****ing D: drive, an archive drive I kept safe from WinXP! Gone!
>> >
>> > Now I have to take my XP machine up to my fave Computer Shop to see if they can find it!
>> >
>> > I have the weirdest computer problems! :-(
>> >
>> > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> >
>> I don't understand why you are taking your old computer to the repair shop.
>> You're a computer engineer, why aren't you jumping in there and fixing this
>> problem?????????? Use that 'degree' you crow about all the time!!!
>
>My local Computer Shop has some good restore tools and they can probably find my lost D: drive. It has a ton of old archive pics on it. Stuff of my house's restore, etc. Old pics, and I want them BACK!
>
>John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

This is why pics should always be on an external hd - for safety. I
value mine so much that I also keep an hd at one of my friends place
so that should a fire happen and I am out, they are still safe. Very
basic thing to do.