Thanks again, Oppo.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
03/05/2019 at 21:48 • Filed to: Oppo

And especially — beyond especially, perhaps — facw. I got off every file from my dying laptop. Did you know that this remains the greatest forum ever? Makes u think...

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DISCUSSION (17)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 21:56

Glad you got your stuff off! Yay Linux! :D

ttyymmnn > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 21:56

Not to rub salt in an open wound, but did you not backup your machine regularly?

A couple of years ago the conductor of my orchestra left his laptop in a restaurant then drove 5 hours before realizing he didn’t have it. They tracked it down to an employee who took it and had already started over-writing the drive with porn or something. He lost absolutely everything. Years of documents, large orchestral arrangements , email, everything. And he had never once backed up the machine.

Glad you got your stuff back. That can be an incredibly sinking and helpless feeling. But when I was working in a computer lab in college, we had a saying. There are two kinds of computer users: those who have lost data, and those who will lose data.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ttyymmnn
03/05/2019 at 21:59

All I do is pay bills and browse Craigslist. The photos were what was important. Because sometimes I need to look back to remember where I am.

... Uh, Celica

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn
03/05/2019 at 22:01

Cloud storage. Sure the NSA and Chinese are reading my documents. But it's so damn easy

ttyymmnn > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 22:08

Which is why I save all my photos to a mirrored drive that I routinely back up again to another drive.

facw > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 22:15

Happy to help. Sorry to mislead you a bit by leaving off a step (the danger of giving instructions without actually testing them myself first ).

facw > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 22:16

It’s pretty easy to backup those photos to Microsoft/Google/Amazon, and it’s a good thing to do.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > facw
03/05/2019 at 22:19

Please, you had the patience of a saint. I am painfully un-tech-savvy.

facw > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 22:23

Patience is one of my few positive features, it’s nice to be able to put it to good use.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 22:25

Another win for the Oppo community

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 22:25

Yeah, this place is definitely the best. Definitely.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 22:29

Kinja'd!!!

TheRealBicycleBuck > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 22:43

If you have Amazon Prime, you can back up all your photos to Amazon Photos. If you use Google, you can back up all your photos to Google Photos. If you have....

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
03/05/2019 at 22:47

I had troubles with the Google cloud... Like, it would only let me view *some* of the photos I put on it, and some of my albums were inaccessible. I was unable to find anyone with similar issues at the time — probably because I didn’t know what I was doing. But in any case...

BaconSandwich is tasty. > facw
03/05/2019 at 22:51

Oh man. I could use some lessons in patience. I think my kids have been trying to teach me, but so far the results have been mixed. :P

TheRealBicycleBuck > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/05/2019 at 23:10

Keeping photos in two places is advisable. As Tyymmmnnnn pointed out, an external drive is cheap backup insurance. Amazon and Apple and Google and Microsoft would all like to host your photos, but it’s a good idea to make sure they aren’t compressing the photos too much for your liking.

facw > BaconSandwich is tasty.
03/05/2019 at 23:22

I don’t have any kids, so I don’t know if my talents are up to that challenge. I’d like to think so, but I’ve seen people tested.