Always Make A Back Up
I’ve resigned myself to losing a month’s worth of email, work and personal. Losing something is always a hard thing to accept especially when you aren’t prepared, which is usually the case. Once again, the only thing I can say is that one should always make a backup of anything they don’t want to lose, be it emails, photos, music and of course, work.
My previous computer has been on the fritz for over a year, progressively getting worse by the day. It came to the point where I would hope that the computer stays on long enough to burn a CD so I can save something. I’ve read that this may not always be a good idea, as the files you may be saving could become corrupt.
Ah well, this isn’t actually the first time I’ve experienced a crash and burn. So, I’m not as insane with frustration. I’ve been pretty good at making backups once and while, but I always wish that I’ve made them more often and as recent.
My next plan of action would be to invest in a very good external drive. This will entail lengthy sessions of reading up on reviews and opinions on the matter. Until then, I’ll have to settle on expanding my ever growing collection CD and DVD books, along with the bum CD/DVD coaster collection.
So please, make a backup for I have felt the pain of betrayal as the light in my computer dimmed and a high pitched beep signaled its imminent failure. I spent an evening with my computer, turning it on and on to no avail. At least I can say is that it has served me well.
Peace out, big blue.
February 11th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
aargh!! watcha gonna do now?
my mac crashed once.. i almost cried… had to reinstall all over again….sigh…now im on tiger.. so i hope it wont. but yeah BACKUP!!
oh and btw.. the wedding is on April 8th!
February 11th, 2006 at 10:20 pm
Congratulations, once again! That is quite soon and I hope the very best for the both of you. I can only imagine how happy you are to find someone.
In other news, I have a new computer now and I’ve been spending some time installing programs, extensions and plug-ins. And there’s always the matter of copying over some various needed files. I recommend Firefox and Thunderbird as the first programs to install. They offer so much in terms of accessibility and usability (Would this count as the same thing?) and I can not even begin to list the many features of Firefox without my head being swarmed with praise that I pass out and have to begin my thoughts again.
As you may have read recently, I had some issues with Thunderbird prior my last shutdown with my last computer. It’s served me well in the past and I still continue to use it. I will probably continue to use in the future but I will be more vigilant with my offline and online backups. It’s such a great idea to have work emails available online so that I can access them on whatever computer I may be on. And it is also wiser to always have recent, hard copy backups.
Cheers Grafx!
February 16th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
yeah i love firefox too so id be right there singing its praises along with you!! hahhaaha….
rock on babe!!