Need help regarding pc crash??

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

Our laptop crashed, restored and running but appears pics are lost. Is there any way they can be found?

Thanks

Do you know why it crashed?

If the pics were lost perhaps it was a hard drive failure. If that is the case it may be nearly impossible to recover unless you want to spend a lot of money

Maybe whatever happened messed up indexing and the pics are essentially deleted. If that is the case then don't do anything with the PC

Don't save or install anything. Get a program for recovering and restoring deleted files. You can use these to restore most deleted files. Some will be corrupted though

[Truthseeker]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Do you know why it crashed?

If the pics were lost perhaps it was a hard drive failure. If that is the case it may be nearly impossible to recover unless you want to spend a lot of money

Maybe whatever happened messed up indexing and the pics are essentially deleted. If that is the case then don't do anything with the PC

Don't save or install anything. Get a program for recovering and restoring deleted files. You can use these to restore most deleted files. Some will be corrupted though

I read about a program call scavenger, ever heard about it?

What is best to back up files mostly pic/video? What do you think about them online service that do it automatically?

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

I read about a program call scavenger, ever heard about it?

What is best to back up files mostly pic/video? What do you think about them online service that do it automatically?

Online services are ok, except they are limited by having an internet connection

There are a lot of programs one can use to find deleted files. I never heard of that one but that does not mean it's not good

The best way, other than the online method, is to buy an external hard drive

[Truthseeker]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Do you know why it crashed?

If the pics were lost perhaps it was a hard drive failure. If that is the case it may be nearly impossible to recover unless you want to spend a lot of money

Maybe whatever happened messed up indexing and the pics are essentially deleted. If that is the case then don't do anything with the PC

Don't save or install anything. Get a program for recovering and restoring deleted files. You can use these to restore most deleted files. Some will be corrupted though

I read about a program call scavenger, ever heard about it?

What is best to back up files mostly pic/video? What do you think about them online service that do it automatically?