A power surge during a thunderstorm yesterday fried the internal power supply on my PC. The guy at the repair shop said it looked like the hard drive was in good shape, but we’ll find out later today.
Meanwhile, all that data — queries, drafts, revision notes, contact histories — that I haven’t backed up in, um, months has been passing before my eyes. Passing, I might add, too quickly for me to take good notes by hand…
Note to universe: Wake-up call received. From now on I will be a good boy and back up frequently.
Update, 9:05 p.m.: Thanks for your good wishes. All is well. Nothing was lost, but no amazing new stories were mysteriously added to my hard drive during the storm, either — though that idea itself might make for a good story…
Oh, wow. Good reminder. I need to back up today. These Texas Power surges. A storm wiped out my cable modem a couple months ago. Luckily it was just the modem. I’ve literally been unplugging my computer before I go to work just in case it storms before I get home. I hope your “the bomb” manuscript is ok.
Oh, wow. Good reminder. I need to back up today. These Texas Power surges. A storm wiped out my cable modem a couple months ago. Luckily it was just the modem. I’ve literally been unplugging my computer before I go to work just in case it storms before I get home. I hope your “the bomb” manuscript is ok.
Oh, wow. Good reminder. I need to back up today. These Texas Power surges. A storm wiped out my cable modem a couple months ago. Luckily it was just the modem. I’ve literally been unplugging my computer before I go to work just in case it storms before I get home. I hope your “the bomb” manuscript is ok.
Ow! I hope the hard drive is okay! Barring that, I hope you have hard copies… This is a good reminder for me, too! I’ve lost a few manuscripts over the years. It’s harder to back up these days without floppy drives, etc. I don’t even have a way to back up from my laptop if I’m not on our home network. In one case, I just “backed up” a particularly important manuscript by sending a copy to myself at a web-based mail address!
Ow! I hope the hard drive is okay! Barring that, I hope you have hard copies… This is a good reminder for me, too! I’ve lost a few manuscripts over the years. It’s harder to back up these days without floppy drives, etc. I don’t even have a way to back up from my laptop if I’m not on our home network. In one case, I just “backed up” a particularly important manuscript by sending a copy to myself at a web-based mail address!
Ow! I hope the hard drive is okay! Barring that, I hope you have hard copies… This is a good reminder for me, too! I’ve lost a few manuscripts over the years. It’s harder to back up these days without floppy drives, etc. I don’t even have a way to back up from my laptop if I’m not on our home network. In one case, I just “backed up” a particularly important manuscript by sending a copy to myself at a web-based mail address!
Ew! I hate that! Let’s hope you get your stuff back! Good reminder. I don’t even have hard copies of some of my things! (Oh, and thanks for the correction on my blog. Duh! I knew something looked wrong!)
Ew! I hate that! Let’s hope you get your stuff back! Good reminder. I don’t even have hard copies of some of my things! (Oh, and thanks for the correction on my blog. Duh! I knew something looked wrong!)
Ew! I hate that! Let’s hope you get your stuff back! Good reminder. I don’t even have hard copies of some of my things! (Oh, and thanks for the correction on my blog. Duh! I knew something looked wrong!)
How frightening! I’m going to back up again soon. Computers–a gift and a curse.
How frightening! I’m going to back up again soon. Computers–a gift and a curse.
How frightening! I’m going to back up again soon. Computers–a gift and a curse.
Don’t surge protectors help?
I have all my stuff on a separate hard drive but I’m bad about backing up. My harddrive somehow got shattered the other day and I haven’t had the nerve to see if it’s totally obliterated. Eeps!
Here’s to the total restoration of your files!
Don’t surge protectors help?
I have all my stuff on a separate hard drive but I’m bad about backing up. My harddrive somehow got shattered the other day and I haven’t had the nerve to see if it’s totally obliterated. Eeps!
Here’s to the total restoration of your files!
Don’t surge protectors help?
I have all my stuff on a separate hard drive but I’m bad about backing up. My harddrive somehow got shattered the other day and I haven’t had the nerve to see if it’s totally obliterated. Eeps!
Here’s to the total restoration of your files!