Bah humbug

[emsworth]

Well, I've pretty much forgotten about or been avoiding LiveJournal in general, but felt compelled to popst briefly. Just got back to Syracuse to start final sesmester of the MA program, to find my DVD/VCR combo and more importantly my PC had been stolen, with all of my school docs and dossier drafts, none of which were backed up. Someone had

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[mouse_rants]

man, that's a _rotten_ start to the year. did you have renter's insurance or other insurance on the pc, so you can at least replace it quickly?

i will be kind, and not rant about the importance of backups, since i know you will never again forget them.

[emsworth]

The problem was, my machine couldn't back up anything except with CD-Rs. And I perpetually had trouble getting it to do so. I'm hoping this one will be better. Plus a few of those papers were done just days before I left.

Oh, additionally, the apartment has no toilet. This one wasn't vandalism, but the landlady had plumbers in who just ripped it out and left it outside the door, and haven't come back to finish the job yet.

And no, no insurance. I replaced it today, but it was pricey, and replacing the various programs, to say nothing of the other stuff... I do have back-ups from my older machine, but I'm not sure how well those discs, which now have a yellow sheen, will still work, and again, that includes none of my SU work.
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[nslashk]

S of a B! That's basically the worst thing that can happen to you short of death and/or dismemberment. It's a notch worse than losing your wallet (and having to get all your cards cancelled, reissued, etc). Uh, hang in there?