Remember to back up your recipes or else you'll lose all of them like I did.

submitted over 9 years ago by EnyawreklawCreator - Best Recipe of 2015: Rhodonite

So I just got a new PC and in the midst of transferring my SSD and HDD to it I deleted all the programs I felt I didn't need anymore and backed up all my documents. Well I forgot that Ejuice Me Up saves into its Program Files and not to my documents HDD, and lost all 2000+ recipes. Many are just one off's and testing, but many were also for clients. I'm currently in the processing of trying to recover it, but I think they are gone. Just a warning.

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17 points

by empty0neover 9 years ago

Set the save directory to your local Dropbox or Google drive folder. It will sync automatically, and this will never happen again.

1 points

by boringazeover 9 years ago

This. Personally I like to keep my recipes in a drive spreadsheet. There's no losing it that way, plus I can see old revisions of recipes.

1 points

by Botboy141over 9 years agoGunner's Gold Gourmet E-Juice

This exactly. Just make sure if you ever turn off dropbox that it autosyncs the next time you start it. Mine didn't for a little while and I lost some experimental stuff as well. I also keep hard copies now of all the recipes I actually sell so I can re-create if required.

7 points

by organicsensiover 9 years ago

shadow copies

7 points

by Kev-Adamsover 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Pen and Paper FTW !1!11!!!

A wise man once told me ...

I make up a name, you know, In this case lets just call it Strawberry Vanilla Ice Cream, We write that at the top, right?!, Underneath we write what we mixed it at 70/30, you know?!, 3mg Nicotine and then you write the date, 05/19/15, underneath that you write No Steep, Write the date again, 05/19/15 and then you start writing your notes ...

2 points

by Enyawreklawover 9 years agoCreator - Best Recipe of 2015: Rhodonite

My old notebook I abandon for One Note and EJMU is sitting and mocking me right in my face.

-1 points

by Kev-Adamsover 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

/me pastes http://e-liquid-recipes.com/list?filter=14536 and runs.

6 points

by prime1ndustriesover 9 years ago

Hey man, I know the feeling. I'd try a recovery program like Recuva if you haven't already. It can analyze the disk to see if it can pull any data that has been copied over and even formatted.

There might be some freeware better than Recuva out there now, but I have had success with that one in particular before in the past.

Good luck, hope this helps... -pr9me

3 points

by Enyawreklawover 9 years agoCreator - Best Recipe of 2015: Rhodonite

Gonna give that one a try. Thanks!

2 points

by prime1ndustriesover 9 years ago

No problem... it's from the same company that makes CCleaner.

1 points

by xllostlxover 9 years agoIn a good mood for now - don't piss me off.

+1 for recuva, use it at work all the time.

3 points

by Baphometover 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Was this on your HDD or SSD?

Have you, since the loss, overwritten that segment of said drive?

3 points

by billgarmsarmyover 9 years agoMentholatier

This. I doubt the data is actually gone. I remember thinking the undelete command was magic when I ran DOS 5.0, until I learned how data storage works.

3 points

by afflaqover 9 years ago

damn, I'm sorry dude. When I was doing some builds of my juice calculator I overwrote a really good vanilla bourbon cream recipe I'd worked out and lost it. It was about that time that I spent 4 hours writing the export/import code to save my libraries to iCloud lol. I feel your pain, but not anywhere close to the level that you're feeling it. Sorry for your loss!

3 points

by jonest27over 9 years ago

I did this too, I used Recuva to get them all back after formatting my HDD.

3 points

by surfishermanover 9 years ago

I don't keep anything on my computer thats important , if something happens to it i just wipe the drive and start over or use a back up image.

Recipes ALL go into a recipe book never on computer.

3 points

by CheebaSteebaover 9 years agoFrugivore

F*ck man that sucks! Gets me right in the feels. Good luck recovering them, and thanks for the heads up and word of warning.

2 points

by Forever_Nocturnalover 9 years ago

Dude. My heart breaks for you right now.

2 points

by contactclosureover 9 years ago

Damn man. I'm sorry to hear this. I hope that some of the suggestions here will help you recover them.

One day I'm going to set up my calculator to use my raid 5 NAS for its save file. I've only been meaning to do it for 6 months so, maybe next year. I'll still use pen and paper as well though.

2 points

by angryrobotftwover 9 years ago

call me a low tech nerd but i actually print them out and put them in a binder so i can scribble on them

1 points

by joesphaaover 9 years ago

try evernote

2 points

by loadeddreamsover 9 years ago

Evernote is a pretty amazing piece of software. I use it to take notes in all my lecture classes, and have separate notebooks for things I do around the house. Notebook for juice recipes, guitar tabs, regular shopping list stuff, etc.

I put all my recipes in there and use my phone or tablet while mixing up a bottles for myself and the wifey. Makes everything less complicated.

Oh, and web clips are a thing in Evernote. Find a recipe you like on ELR? Web clip it, shove it in your juice notebook and you're set.

1 points

by Crago44over 9 years ago

I love Evernote. I don't use it enough anymore. I started using Google keep since it came pre installed on a rom I flashed on my old nexus 10. Thanks tho you just reignited my love for Evernote

1 points

by ChilledHandsover 9 years ago

I'm really sorry to hear this :(

1 points

by stylesuxxover 9 years ago

If you did not write to the HDD since then, your chances of recovery are pretty high. Which OS are you using?

1 points

by elephantrainbowsover 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Aww man. I saw that reinstall on YouTube. You know, AllTheFlavors backs up your synced recipes online............. So..... <3 much love

1 points

by TechnicolorRainbowsover 9 years ago

I hope you can recover them, man. I know I would be beaten if that happen to me.

I know it's really weird to do this but I write down my drafts in one mini-notebook and my finished recipes in another. I know it's harder to pull up but it's just because of things like this. I highly recommend it, a little hand-movement is worth the risk.

1 points

by cpmerrillover 9 years ago

Did that happen during your live mixing show?

1 points

by RuntDastardlyover 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

I saw this yesterday afternoon and I held off clicking until tonight hoping for some good (recovery) news.

This is too horrifying. Please tell me there's a silver-lining update? No luck with Recuva?

1 points

by audiotexanover 9 years agoFrugivore

Maaaaaaaaaaaan. I'm SO sorry for your loss. Good luck on the attempt at recovery (mentioned herein).

I've already got plans on making some more of your recipes (just waiting for a few more flavors), but I've got several already bookmarked in ELR.

Also wanted to say a huge thanks for all that you've shared, and some great work!

1 points

by Beastaclesover 9 years agoFrugivore

I print out a "card" for every blend and keep them all in a plastic bin.

-1 points

by Mford46over 9 years ago

It happens. You'll be aight

-1 points

by NatesYourMateover 9 years ago

Or just save them all on here so we can all look through your sweet stash!

I feel like a directory of best juice recipe stashes should be on here, for us to vote on which is the best, so that everyone can find and use them pretty well. A small zip file containing .txt files of the flavors would work very well.

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