Well, as it turns out, Geek Squad shipped off our external hard disk to their specialty facility in Kentucky. They contacted us and said they were unable to recover the data and needed to escalate the issue to “Level 3 Support”….which means, they want $1,700 to attempt to recover the data (with no guarantee of success). We are actively searching for a “local” person to attempt a recovery. We think we found someone…but we just need to get the drive back home. The drive contains every photo we have ever taken since 2008 (including the ones of the leather redye process). There is one final piece (the handbrake handle) that needs redyed. I can document that process and take pictures (keeping them in two places this time!).
In the interim, keep your fingers crossed that we can get those pictures back. Not only does the drive contain the leather restoration pictures, but also all our vacations pictures and—most importantly—several pictures and videos of our little dog, Kellie, that we lost to cancer last year. L
