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[gyre]

I know someone specializing in this, even on shattered drives.
I don't know any details though.

[mdmf007]

Try unerase on Google, there are a myriad of free programs and programs with a demo available after download Its worked for me in the past. When you erase a file, you do not actually erase it - all you do is remove the name from the directory allowing that space to be used for new files. As long as you ave not overwritten the space, it should be recoverable.

good luck.

MDMF007

[Box Burner]

Don't know if this will still work.
If you know the name of the file you erased then you can do a windows search for it using an "*" (asterisk) for the first letter of the name.

for example:

if the file erased was called
Myburnervideo.mp4

you would search for
*yburnervideo.mp4

You might have to do it at the command prompt.

It helps if you know where it was originally located.

Once you find it you have to rename it or save it with a new name. Removing the asterisk as the first character.

this works because a delete just erases the first letter of the file name. The asterisk is a wildcard that can be used in place of any unknown character, even a "blank" letter.


Note: if you have saved anything to the drive since it was erased your file may have been overwritten with new data since once deleted the sector where it was written to is treated by the computer as an empty space on the hard drive.

Don't think I have tried to do this since windows 98 though.

[junglesmacks]

I know someone specializing in this, even on shattered drives.
I don't know any details though.

Then why the fuck would you even post this? Just to hear yourself speak?


Whoops.. silly question.

[gyre]

I thought someone might need the service.

Most of their business is rendering drives unrecoverable, but they recover data for many mega corporations.

You may want to look into remedial english comprehension yourself.

[moonrise]

Phew! The local pc guru guy saved it

It's a good thing we didn't use the camera after the deletion accident, otherwise I'd have been SOL! (I think)

Thanks for the excellent advice gang

[Box Burner]

cool, glad you got it back.

[Rice]

Phew! The local pc guru guy saved it

It's a good thing we didn't use the camera after the deletion accident, otherwise I'd have been SOL! (I think)

Thanks for the excellent advice gang

Awesome!! Not touching the camera was the correct thing to do.

The lesson learned here was "back up your stuff"...

(or nothing was learned - YMMV)

[knowmad]

Phew! The local pc guru guy saved it

It's a good thing we didn't use the camera after the deletion accident, otherwise I'd have been SOL! (I think)

Thanks for the excellent advice gang

Post the Pictures!!!

[moonrise]

Phew! The local pc guru guy saved it

It's a good thing we didn't use the camera after the deletion accident, otherwise I'd have been SOL! (I think)

Thanks for the excellent advice gang

Post the Pictures!!!

All in good time! You're in a bunch of the Volcano~ videos, Knowmie I think you drank an entire Volcano~ yourself, whoa, and it was Tuesday night in case you're still wondering wtf happened! hehe!

I just need to figure out the editing part and we're good to go.

[mdmf007]

Heres one for my techy android friends.

We need an application for our response department that allows one user to update a manual or standard operating document and the changes appear on all of our droid platforms, phones, kindles, tablets etc. any ideas? files are in three formats .pdf, word and excel. I have old farts working here that cannot download the latest versions of items and files.

Ideally I would make revision changes and upload. End user would sync or somehow painlessly get the new version.

any thoughts?

[BBadger]

Why don't you just set up a website and then people can access the documents on it with their phones? That's what many "apps" do: just link to a centralized web server for the content. If you want it more "app"-like just wrap the site in an app and add auto-authentication.

[mdmf007]

there are merits to that route, but I need a route that can be dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. The guy that asks me why he has to "Save as" instead of simply "Save"a file when making a new report.

We have some productive personnel here that work old school and I need to make it easy on the non techy types here. It has to be as fully automatic as possible to put the new docs in their hands.

[Foxfur]

My IT background was mostly infrastructure so I'm not sure how to go about the security on this, buuuut:

Would it be possible to host the most recent doucment at a URL
http://mdmf007.biz/secretstuff/hookerandblowproviders.pdf

Then make a shortcut to it on the "desktop". Something like a macro that plugs in the login and password?

Damned ham-fisted geezers!

[mdmf007]

So all I would need to do is get a generic website or storage account that has a unique IP address and then store my documents there, and then put a link on the desktop with a unique icon that old geezers can recognize. Can you link to a folder? cause then I imagine it would only take one icon to open the whole folder???

that would be simple, and free. The best of what my client likes.

[TomServo]

Here's my conundrum..I bought a Roman Helmet, Its Steel with Brass trim and doodads. It came, without the Rings on the inside cheek guards, that the leather chin strap runs through. I can have the parts welded, but am concerned with the heat fucking up the steel. Have considered soldering or JB Weld. Anyone know about JB Weld and its effectiveness? Yes, I've read the websites specs...I'm looking for first hand experience...Any ideas?

[ygmir]

why not drill it, Tom?
either a single hole for the ring, or one on each side with a keeper over the ring, like a conduit wall fastener?
I'd not trust JB on that, especially as polished as it is.

[TomServo]

why not drill it, Tom?
either a single hole for the ring, or one on each side with a keeper over the ring, like a conduit wall fastener?
I'd not trust JB on that, especially as polished as it is.

Thought of that, but want to keep it closer to its original design. Only paid $80 for it, but its a beautiful $80. I am considering it....but want to explore my options. The JB would be on the inside, where the black paint is.

[ygmir]

there'd be nothing non original about drilling. bolts maybe, where you might substitute copper rivets.
But holes in metal are OE, I'm sure. and welding will discolor the steel, I'm sure. I'd think a copper rivet or two, would look pretty cool.
not telling you what to do.....just suggestions.

[TomServo]

Thanx Ygmir! That absynthe will be at my bar this year! If I can find a brass or copper nut cap, that would work well.

[ygmir]

awe Tom.....I'd help you, absinthe or no. But thanks, I'll stop by for a sip or 6......we'll hope no one takes it this time.

[TomServo]

awe Tom.....I'd help you, absinthe or no. But thanks, I'll stop by for a sip or 6......we'll hope no one takes it this time.

Will be under lock and key.

[gyre]

Yeah, rivets are original tech.

i've used devcon industrial steel putty on lots of things.
You have to use common sense, give it something to grip.
Rough metal, etc.
I've done plumbing with it, exhaust systems, casting molds, etc.
It can be machined.
There's steel, aluminum, titanium.
i've glued steel to aluminum.
The limit on it is usually cost.
Buy it by the pound from industrial supply.
Tip- aluminum is more by volume, if that works for you.

[TomServo]

I'm staring at it right now, trying to decide. It has a black paint undercoat, which would have to be removed...in the effected area...Its a fairly heavy guage steel, so could rough it up a bit. Gonna shop for decorative nut caps and if nothing works, well have a go with the putty or epoxy.

[ygmir]

you can make your own copper or brass rivets, with just wire the size of the hole you drill.
making a tight fit between wire and hole cut maybe an eighth longer on each side, get a hard surface (or big hammer) on the inside, and hit the outside. It'll spread the metal into a hand hewed copper/brass head. If the inside does not spread enough (it'll be tight and hold anyway), revers and tap that some, to spread it more.
Don't leave too much wire to hammer, as it'll crack.
maybe get a couple of pieces of sheet metal drill holes and do a couple of practice ones, first?

I'd still not glue........I don't think, with the limited surface area you're working with, any adhesive will hold much.
IMHO, that is.

[gyre]

Drilling would really be stronger in this case.
I'd use a bronze rivet, but brass or steel is probably accurate.
Use annealed metal.

You could use the bronze putty to fake a rivet, if logistics are difficult, over brass hardware maybe.

The epoxy would probably work by itself, if done right.
It's more than glue, a form of metal casting in a matrix.
Roughing needs to be aggressive and undercut, not wire brushing, but something allowing a lock, if in shear.

Same stuff in military claymores: household hint.
http://www.devcon.com/products/products ... 20%28BR%29

[BBadger]

So all I would need to do is get a generic website or storage account that has a unique IP address and then store my documents there, and then put a link on the desktop with a unique icon that old geezers can recognize. Can you link to a folder? cause then I imagine it would only take one icon to open the whole folder???

that would be simple, and free. The best of what my client likes.

See if you can make a folder on the network (like a Windows shared folder) act like a "drop-box" to the net. Just make a shortcut to it on the desktop, or make it a Favorited location in Explorer (assuming Windows). Then people just save their documents to that folder and whatever happens to be there is available on the web. It'd be like a cheap-ass extranet. There is, of course a danger to this, and you should make sure the website requires authentication.

If you can't make the folder itself visible to the web, you could make a script on the server that periodically copies the files from the network drive to the web folder every 5 minutes or something. That might be better to prevent temporary files or other file types from accidentally being semi-public.

[BBadger]

So all I would need to do is get a generic website or storage account that has a unique IP address and then store my documents there, and then put a link on the desktop with a unique icon that old geezers can recognize. Can you link to a folder? cause then I imagine it would only take one icon to open the whole folder???

that would be simple, and free. The best of what my client likes.

Another thing you might want to try is using a versioning system like CVS or SVN, just so shit doesn't happen like the old geezers overwriting each other's uploads with their local version, some revision version getting posted instead of the for-release version, etc. CVS/SVN are usually for text documents, not binary, but you can use it as such.

If you're using some Microsoft Suite stuff, it might already have some sort of groupware so people can collaborate on the same document, along with some sort of means to post it to the web or to an extranet.

[maladroit]

Here's my conundrum..I bought a Roman Helmet, Its Steel with Brass trim and doodads. It came, without the Rings on the inside cheek guards, that the leather chin strap runs through. I can have the parts welded, but am concerned with the heat fucking up the steel. Have considered soldering or JB Weld. Anyone know about JB Weld and its effectiveness? Yes, I've read the websites specs...I'm looking for first hand experience...Any ideas?

If you're fairly careful with the welding, you may be able to re-polish the outside to remove any discoloration. Do you know TIG?

Otherwise I'd consider welding the rings to a fairly large plate that will fit on the inside surface and provide a big area for epoxy. 2 or 3 inches in diameter would probably give you more hold than you need.

[Ugly Dougly]

Teh originals had little rings at the bottom of the cheekpieces.