All Gone
 

The other day I decided to "clean out" my computer. I organized all of our digital photos, and I *thought* I merged all of my music into one big folder. I just sat down a few minutes ago because I was (finally) going to burn a CD- only to find out that I inadvertantly erased my entire collection. Every single Stevie/FM/ANYONE song or video is completely gone. Years and years of collecting. I am so devastated. And pissed at myself. :distress:

:eek: :eek: :( :( :(

I'm so, so sorry. I could send you everything I have if that would help. Did you lose any main videos, like Mirage or Belladonna HBO? I mean, that you didn't have copies of. I have a ton of music.

Geez, that's terrible. :distress:

No to Mirage, but yes to Belladonna HBO- I'm DYING! I wouldn't even know where to start as far as what to ask for. I need to recover from my trauma right now, but maybe I'll make this my request thread, if you guys don't mind.

I did something similar...
 

several years back (Around 1999-2000) when I somehow deleted a complete "Real Audio" music website that I spent the better part of a year building/constructing...Let's just say my 'then' keyboard went into a somewhat short vertical/altitude orbit.

And like you I was pissed at myself for not having it backed up on my server (Unlike my current websites).

If you haven't written over the hard drive areas that stored the music you should be able to recover them hopefully. Only the file headers will have been deleted with any luck. There are a few products on the market that can recover lost data I'm sure.. Have a look around the net, there may be something that will work. :wavey:

Let me know if I can post anything for you.

that's what I was going to say.

Jannie, I'm so sorry. this has happened to me before and now I have an external hard drive. I would call a repair shop and see what they suggest and then if all is lost, we will figure a way to get your collection back up. I could send you my external hard drive to load on your computer and then send back to me. we'll figure it out. PM me if you need to.

madformac- clear out your PM's :)

As you wish... :)

All done.

You obviously know my pain.



Thank you so much- I'll let you know if I'm unable to fix this. madformac and I are on a mission right now...:cool:

Janet, stay on The Ledge.

I'm going to pm you a way to hopefully recover these files without software but it will take me a few minutes to type it out in laymans terms.

:wavey:

Not moving. And thank you for understanding the need for laymen's terms. Are there terms even less than laymen? :rolleyes:

I'm typing it on a word document then I'll paste it in a pm. be about 5 mins..

My new friend madformac tried to help me, but to no avail. So, I am going to start from scratch and start collecting again. I'm telling myself this may be fun. :rolleyes: So what I was thinking was- maybe everyone can post their favorite Mp3 or video here. And maybe some newbies can benefit from this as well. Thanks to everyone and especially madformac for trying so hard to help.

I am sorry to hear this - it's happened to me before, usually just before I think I should back everything up! The external hard drive is a good idea, for the next time.

Ok I've spent a really long time in front of the computer this evening, so I'm just going to post a lost of the types of things I had and would like to RE-have if at all possible. :o Then, if anyone wants to share, it would be greatly appreciated:

Mp3's: Any great live recordings of Edge, GDW, Rhiannon, SOTM, BATB, Go Your Own Way, Gold and Braid, After the Glitter Fades

Videos: WWD/Belladonna, Mirage (okay, I didn't have this, but I figured since I'm asking), anything Wild Heart related, the dressing room thingie, Nightbird on Solid Gold, That one with Bob Welch- Caljam, I think?

So- obviously I'm not expecting anyone to post full videos- even a song or two would be nice. I can't even think anymore of what else I would like. :shocked: Let me just thank you all again in advance- I hope some newbies are watching this thread and will benefit from this as well. :xoxo:

That sucks. Are you willing to pay somebody to recover the data? When you delete files the computer doesn't actually erase them, it just allocates that space as able to be written over by new files. Some technicians will be able to run a program that will easily recover all the data.

Edge Of Seventeen Take 12 3/9/81:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...FBDD33176369BA

Gold Dust Woman 11/81:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...685BC83AAD2FC4

KFOG show 2001:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...EE559A45E2C419

5/21/77:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...140868303AE744

A trippier version from Nagoya, Japan dated 12/1/77

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...38163C67C78CEF

"Lousy lovers take a chance I might be around..." Baton Rouge Louisiana 8/30/78:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...2D0CB92FA96507

Westwood One Radio show Fresno 12/10/87:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...AB59A431F786D2

The Source 1981:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...E932392105B655

An alternate mix:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...29007E40B411B0

House Of Blues 1994:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...B0323114D20F1E

Rhiannon Live:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...CEC16C67A303E7

The Buckingham Nicks "Paint It Black" version:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...5C6DF13CCEF2C8

KFOG:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...27BF140002351C

"Is that what you want?" 8/11/80:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...BA91795549C5DF

"Golden! Amber!" Nagoya, Japan 12/1/77:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...A87BAA686A1EC4

New Haven, Connecticut 9/23/75:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...3ACA6569F3041E

Next Stop Main Road, Manchester, UK 8/25/90:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...392CCD36F00370

Dreamer:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...FA30F545C14FAB

Sisters Of The Moon gibberish version LA 1982:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...0027BD7EF01449

Sydney, Australia 3/15/80:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...4BA85B18A3BD72

That SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's not even that it can't be replaced, just the time and effort, and it was all catagorized I am sure. :( So sorry to hear that. I lost a lot of stuff recently myself. Had no clue the importance of backing things like that up. I have a meager trade site. See anything you must have stat....name it!!!!
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ALK

http://hometown.aol.com/silentgarbo/...age/index.html

Beauty And The Beast Las Vegas 5/10/05:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...9D7A0B7EDFE6DB

Live at Red Rocks 1986:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...8A2C2029923480

Go Your Own Way Tusk Tour Rehearsal:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...94B48172D04DD0

Gold & Braid:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...6C965764758607

After The Glitter Fades - Enchanted Gypsy 12/12/81:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...7155A07DC604F0

Wild Heart Dressing Room video:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...67D96348231309

Wow, what a great way to wake up. I actually dreamt of this mess last night. Thank you SO SO much- I am downloading and about to drink my coffee while listening!

This really sucks Janet. So I guess you are not going to try to have a tech recover your data? This just happened to a friend of mine at work, well actually her whole computer crashed and she lost everything. She had backed up but not for a while. She got some kind of spyware thing from the net. She is quite computer savy so this scared me into spending money I don't really have on an external hard drive.

I got a Seagate 100 gig drive from Best Buy. It is awesome for peace of mind. My computer is a little older though, 5 years, so I had to upgrade my USB but it was very easy. It's a good thing I know something about computers though because the clerk tried to sell me the wrong thing. But it all worked out.

The good news is that Stevie/FM fans are quite generous and you will have your collection going strong again in no time.

Things are pretty tight for us right now so I'm not really in the position to call a tech. I'm optimistic though, I've already gotten a ton of great music. I will definitely spend the money on an external drive- wait, how much do they run? ;)

While I'm here, does anyone have Kind of Woman?

I have this one. Unfortunately, my music folder was reorganized by ITunes a while back, so I am not clear about the origins of this MP3. The tag says, Kind of Woman: Bella Donna and Master comp."
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...9CD3E7762DB6F3

Video of Nightbird from Solid Gold:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...5DCFFB6A466320

Short clip of Sisters Of The Moon from Mirage Tour video:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...5E36445F8D7F4F

Leather And Lace from Bella Donna Tour video:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...342F4C20B81DEB

Gold Dust Woman w/ Sheryl Crow live at Central Park:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...046BD93D625A89

Stand Back Civil War version:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...4047082368F901

Beauty & The Beast Las Vegas 2005:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...079D8D34BEC1E2

Over The Rainbow clip from Entertainment Tonight 8/22/83:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...54B69F65F6ABD0

Press clips and performances from Trouble In Shangri La:
Warning: Long download time

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...6EEAFC62E8B677

Oh, it's really cool- thank you!

You are so awesome- thank you! :xoxo:

how much do Ledgies rule?

Midnight Special Rhiannon video


http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...0215F4471032A2

Why video Midnight Special

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...E510934F6DEF3C

World Turning video Midnight Special

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...C09690617C01D2

I'm looking through all my videos, I have more. :wavey: Uh...sorry if you have these on tape, I was just going to send all the computer videos I have.

This is called "Stevie Nicks Live 1981-83" video. I'm not sure this will work, but I thought I'd try.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...44E3EE1CC4BCE5

I don't really have any videos on tape, so yay! :woohoo:

This is Angel Tusk Doc. video. A must have, can't live without, if you ask me!

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...F664D177219C97



Everytime I dl the "Stevie Nicks Live" one I gave you above, FM Mirage opens. :confused: Tell me what happens when you try to dl it? Oh, it's because I have Mirage in my player. I guess it might not work, then. :(

I have had a blast doing this today. I haven't seen some of this stuff in a long time, so it was my pleasure. Enjoy! :wavey: