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My advice: buy another one immediately and backup your files onto it. For greater peace of mind buy two, copy your files to both and keep one offsite. There are various free Windows utilities you can use to copy files to external HD. Two I've used are Microsoft's very simple SyncToy and SyncBack from 2BrightSparks.

The Grocer 7 April 2018 issue EHKEC2 Chris Gibson Bargain Booze truck on bridge - front cover 11x11cm & p10 19x16cm M4AH62 Tero Vesalainen Hacker writing with laptop computer wearing leather gloves - cover thumbnail, p24-25 DPS BBAM99 Chris Rout Girl using 'YouTube' - p32 12x10cm

Had forgotten to post these when published. CTC's Cycle magazine February/March 2015: p10 - A8F5JG by Powered by Light/Alan Spencer (credit: Alamy.com) - montage of map of United Kingdom & £10 note p46/47 - DF7HB4 by paul ridsdale - articulated lorry overtaking cyclist (cropped, 40x18cm) p50 - CXAP5T by stefano baldini - Cyclists on the Spuistraat, Amsterdam, Holland (full bleed A4)

In CTC's Cycle magazine April/May 2015: D91PXN by CW Images - Llyn y Fan Fach covered in snow p35 full bleed A4 EEB02N by Steve Vidler - Cyclists waiting at lights p44-45 DPS CNMM7N by OJO Images Ltd (cropped) - Morecambe promenade p52 full bleed A4

Guardian online 27/12/14 (some already reported by Lisa) AB1W3B Mark Sykes - Gatso camera - Speeding fines surge to highest level since 2009 CB8WAK Misha - rainbow, Ullswater - Countryside to drive UK startups with superfast internet, government says A37HA1 Peter Chadwick - Wheal Jane tin mine - Groundbreaking biofuel project brings new life to Cornish mine BJMGCP Bon Appetit - dinner table - Are you ready for love in 2015? A4C4J4 Neil Setchfield - greyhound racing - A letter to … my cousin, who is a gambling addict CP5Y4C jeremy sutton-hibbert - wine glass - Wine: how to cut down the smart way BY5WTY RTimages - wire shopping basket with fruit & veg - Book of the week: Good Food for Your Table B6EX46 Digifoto Blue - piggy bank & calendar - A third of people plan to save less next year, research finds EC363E lovethephoto - school bell - Secret Teacher: sending my boys to school taught me a lesson or two C2XCXF Catchlight Visual Services - mother and daughter talking - The day I got my first period 24/12/14 D3TA8F Helene ROCHE Photography - solar farm - The switch to renewable power is a battle we cannot afford to lose

image is B3K4CM - also used on Guardian website 19/12/14 Telegraph website - this image used at least 4 times this week: - Lifestyle changes 'could protect 80,000 from dementia' 21/12/14 - Dementia report: 'Use it or lose it' to protect against disease 22/12/14 - Follow five golden rules to prevent dementia, says study 22/12/14 - Healthier living could prevent 600,000 cancer cases a year 25/12/14 I see that Telegraph search includes thumbnail images for top results: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/search/?queryText=alamy&sort=recent

Guardian website C0X9CA NetPhotos - iTunes website - Do we really need all those endless updates 7/12/14 C0W49N Kumar Sriskandan - Guardian science blog 16/12/14 http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/dec/16/prescribing-pills-public-health-statins-risks-benefits C4FWE6 Alex Segre - Guardian daily quiz 17/12/14 http://www.theguardian.com/news/quiz/2014/dec/17/daily-quiz-17-december-2014 AXBCB5 ACE STOCK LIMITED - writing with fountain pen - Ask Jack 18/12/14 BTEHNJ PhotoAlto - Doctor reviewing chart - The NHS’s chaotic IT systems 21/12/14 APYMF9 ACE STOCK LIMITED - North Sea oil platform - oil price fall 22/12/14 ADHX3N PHOTOTAKE Inc. - closeup of tablets - ADHD drugs 22/12/14 AJXF0W Horizon International Images Limited - couple on beach - holiday bookings (not found) street light - Councils leaving large areas of England in dark to save money DRXF43 Islandstock - hospital A&E entrance - used 3 times: NHS still struggling to cope with extra patients 19/12/14 NHS crisis grows 20/12/14 Mental health treatment failings adding to strain on A&E 25/12/14 CX5MWJ Steve Cukrov - Santa with glass of beer - How to talk to your kids about Santa 24/12/14 (not found) - woman with tablet computer - online shopping 24/12/14 BG6R96 Xtremer - blue gift box - the best (or worst) Christmas present you’ve had this year 25/12/14 ANJ9X2 RubberBall Selects - Don't throw everything into the blue bin 25/12/14 DWBW79 Cultura Creative (RF) - How do you avoid spending too much on Christmas? 25/12/14 ED3BP6 Tom Corban - 67th Annual Weymouth Harbour Swim 25/12/14 (Alamy Live News) A3P704 & A9X668 Mike Booth (both) - Eltham Palace 25/12/14

Guardian website 19 & 20 December 19/12/14 D8YXA3 DAVID MUSCROFT - snooker table - the daily quiz B3K4CM Stockbroker - businesspeople - media blog British Muslims AJM08Y David Cook / blueshiftstudios - sprout on fork - Sprouts are a new entry to the Pov lexicon E9K3XY Wavebreak Media ltd - Santa reading letters - Careers blog: letters to Santa AW2DT7 Image Source Plus - identical twins - Families in literature 3 images: DGRH2T imageBROKER - brown bears, CNW3PJ blickwinkel - Eurasian lynx, (not found) grey wolf pack in Germany - Large carnivores and humans can live together 20/12/14 A6RNN5 D. Hurst - bag of money - academics' pay contracts BND2BE Greg Balfour Evans - Oxford Circus - London Pollution BR9YJ6 ClassicStock - family with cooked turkey - Thanksgiving across America D2FYE5 incamerastock - Fortnum & Mason - Morrison's xmas pud beats F&M AGY01X Paul Doyle - overweight man with mobile phone - Obesity bigger cost for Britain than war and terror A0P450 Jeff Morgan - Corus steelworks - Closing the loop on steel ATR9RH Arco Images GmbH - leopard - Readers recommend: songs about cats DFCBYK age fotostock Spain, S.L. - Morillon, France - Great little ski resorts

CTC magazine Cycle - Dec/Jan 2014/2015 A2PCPX blickwinkel cyclists in snow - front cover AM53EE David Norton sunset on Walney Island - p36 BM2823 Right Perspective Images (credit: Alamy) - view from TGV train - p46-47 DPS not found: bridges over the Danube (credit: Alamy) - p48 C6CC1Y Gavin Hellier Dubai skyline (crop, credit: Alamy) - p52

More from the Guardian. BY0KR5 chain bridge in Budapest by Funky Stock - Paul Williams (credit:Alamy) 07/11/14 http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2014/nov/07/european-research-funding-horizon-2020 C32W54 one way street sign by Haydn Hansell (credit:Alamy) 15/11/14 http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/nov/15/secret-teacher-parents-need-to-trust-us D9KFGG woman with smartphone by keith morris (credit:Alamy) 17/11/14 http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/nov/17/how-to-teach-anti-bullying CC535C Neil Gaiman by Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library 17/11/14 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/17/neil-gaiman-libraries-are-cultural-seed-corn E5HY9F New Jersey Performing Arts Center by LEE SNIDER (credit:Alamy) 18/11/14 http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/18/american-cities-newark-new-york image not found - UK wheelie bins 18/11/14 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/18/recycling-rates-in-england-have-stalled

A0GKYP child playing hopscotch by Image Source Plus contributor IS769 - Guardian daily quiz 29/10/14 http://www.theguardian.com/news/quiz/2014/oct/29/daily-quiz-29-october-2014

A4JTD6 by Andrew Parker - Should we lower the speed limit? 01/11/14 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/01/should-we-lower-the-speed-limit-debate BEC8HD by Realimage - Energy bills 01/11/14 http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/nov/01/energy-switch-dual-fuel-tariff CYA7MC by redsnapper (credit: Alamy) - School should be a safe, nurturing place 01/11/14 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/01/school-should-be-safe-nurturing-not-daily-nightmare

CE9AMP by Tony Eveling - The Observer view on British Summer Time 26/10/14 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/26/observer-view-on-british-summer-time

C62FMW - Giant's Causeway at sunset by Stephen Emerson (credit: Alamy) - Guardian daily quiz 23/10/14 http://www.theguardian.com/news/quiz/2014/oct/23/daily-quiz-23-october-2014 CR50FB by Elmar Herz (credit: Alamy) AGCD7F by Jack Sullivan - Why my son rides a balance bike 24/10/14 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2014/oct/24/why-my-son-rides-a-balance-bike DFMRW7 by Paul Richardson - Ripping up the sea floor on behalf of royal profits 24/10/14 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2014/oct/24/ripping-up-the-sea-floor-on-behalf-of-royal-profits (edit: already posted by Lisa)

Reformatting resets the File Allocation Table. It doesn't overwrite all the data on the card (which means that it may be retrievable as long as no new data is added), but is a better move than simply deleting files. Reformatting is best done with camera in which they are used. I wouldn't swap a card between different brands of camera or device for the same reason. I only format mine after the images are copied to the computer, opened in Lightroom and backed up to external HDD. A camera card is the same as a USB stick. It may go through a washing machine physically intact but the data is rewriteable and therefore vulnerable. They can and do 'wear out' eventually. If I was a heavy user I would periodically 'retire' card as a preventative measure. Some info here: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/03/kingston-technology-to-the-rescue.html Other sensible advice: - Never delete a file in-camera—let the camera write new picture files sequentially until the card is filled up. - Never write to the card on your computer—let the camera be the only device that writes to the card.