Old posts - attached pictures not there - what happens to the pictures on old posts?

Syljay

I wanted to show a friend the forum advice that I got, and the subsequent work done on a new Steam Boiler install.
I had posted many pictures. Today, I cannot find the pictures that went with the post. There is a reference to the pictures, but the file sizes are all 0B.
Are pictures from old posts deleted?

This is the original post:
https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1242967#Comment_1242967

Fred

That original post was from 2011. I suspect that when HH changed their system/app three or four years ago, some pictures did not/could not transition to the new system. @Erin Holohan Haskell can advise.

Erin Holohan Haskell

Fred said:

That original post was from 2011. I suspect that when HH changed their system/app three or four years ago, some pictures did not/could not transition to the new system. @Erin Holohan Haskell can advise.

@Fred, you're exactly right. We couldn't bring a lot of the older images over when we transitioned onto this new platform in 2014. Sorry about that! Fortunately technology has improved since we started in 1997 and this new platform is a lot more user friendly.

Syljay

If I still have those missing pictures, and if I send them to you . . .can they be added to the original post?
I'm assuming that a post containing pictures has a related folder which contains the pictures. Putting pix files with the original filenames back into the folder should solve the problem. No?

ratio

It might be easier to just start a new thread with the pics.

Erin Holohan Haskell

Please start a new post. Thank you.