"The" reason? I was guessing there were some other reasons not unlike some of my own afflictions.
Brent Webster, post: 348726, member: 1027 wrote: Sounds like you've had a day similar to mine. Lost my hard drive yesterday with six months of jobs I didn't have backed up. Kept meaning to do it, but kept putting it off. Luckily only a few were active and all my other active jobs were on the cloud. Hopefully I can send it off and get salvage some of the data. Anyone know anyone who can do this?
There are lots of disk recovery services out there, but I have no experience with any of them. I'm told they're all pricey, though -- I guess recovering data from a dead drive can be a pretty labor-intensive task.
Is it the drive or the computer? You might try to get a case for it and try to access it as a 2nd hard drive on another computer.
Jim Frame, post: 348707, member: 10 wrote: It was my turn to oops today. I parked the truck near my creek cross-section jobsite, loaded everything into my handcart, wheeled it down to my first setup, setup the instrument, inflated and launched the kayak, then turned on the data collector to get a backsight. Except the data collector blinked on and then off, and wouldn't come on again. After much wrangling and a long conversation with Carlson support, the conclusion was that the batteries were dead. So I got to haul out the kayak, pack it up, put away the gun, load up the handcart, wheel it back to the truck, load everything in the truck and go back to the office to plug in the data collector. Once at the office I aslo had to clean and dry the kayak, since I don't want to put it away wet. That takes another half an hour.
All in all, it's been a very unproductive day.
The Surveyor+ will hold a charge for many days *if* I remember to turn the bluetooth radio off. If I don't remember to turn it off when I'm done the batteries will drain after a day or so.
That's a good argument for getting a car charger for the DC. With most DC's 30 minutes to an hour will put a significant charge on them and allow you to salvage your day.
I've had very good results with a data recovery software called "PhotoRec"
It is free - works on just about any disk type - but has a very basic user interface.
You might also find this link http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/best-free-recovery-software-1141256 useful
About two months ago we just finished up a small five acre job, and once we got back to the truck I took our six month old Surveyor 2 off of the rod and set it in the bed of the truck. I then thought I should put it inside the truck, so it wouldn't get damaged on the way back to the office. So I laid it on the bumper and proceeded to put up the Base and Rover. We left the site and drove about 15 miles back to the office, I told the Iman to plug everything up as usual. You would not believe how fast my heart sank when he asked were the data collector was. So back in the truck we go for the longest 15 miles I have ever driven. After two hours of searching ditch lines we can't find it. On our way back to the office about four miles from the site I see the clamp that the data collector was in laying on the edge of the road. So another hour of searching that area and we come up empty. We assumed someone seen it and picked it up, because the data collector had to come off at the same place the clamp did. Needless to say I really dreaded making the phone call to the boss. Now we don't leave the site until the data collector is in its hard case in the back seat of the truck.
I've used this fellow twice, salvaged all the data both times, and even repaired one of the drives. Given the value of the data, well worth the fees.
http://www.driveservice.com/&apos ;">Drive Service Co.
Have the same problem with the TSC3. I consider a car charger (kept in the car) to be essential equipment.