Anyone Seen a Few Thousand Photos?
Last night one of those wacky computer things happened. All my digital photos went missing. All of them... every single one of them. I have no idea where they went or how they could have been deleted from the hard disk but they were nowhere to be found.
I don't think I did it nor do I see how others using the computer could have done it. Deleting files is a multi-step process. You can't not notice deleting files. I think Photoshop Elements is somehow responsible; I use it to keep my photos organized with tags and collections. Maybe it got cranky and through a hissy fit. Fortunately I did a backup in mid-May and was able to retrieve all but 21 of my collection. I lost the 4 on this page and a few others. Not a big loss but a shame nonetheless.
The one file I will miss is the Photoshop Elements catalog that had everything organized. It'll take time to rebuild that. At least I'll get to review all my snapshots.
Have you hugged your backup software today?
K-
That is a shame. I've been using Picasa
http://picasa.google.com/
As my organizer. It's faster and more efficient than Elements. At least, for me, it is.
Good thinking on the back-up.
It's so good that you backed them up. I worry about losing my photos. I back them up fairly often, but it still makes me nervous.
I have a decent backup regimen now. That lesson learned the hard way...............many times.
Yes! So glad you backed up.
But if you are like me those 21 photos are
BITING AT YOU.
How did it happen?
Hate to blame a program like Elements.
Even Elements has checks in place before delete.
Please check again.