Comments | respectmyright: WTF NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

respectmyright

WTF NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Oct 06, 2005 10:47

My laptop died on Tuesday night. I panicked and raced it to Staples to be diagnosed.

Today they called me and told me my hard drive was corrupted and EVERYTHING had been wiped clear.

EVERYTHING. Everything I had on that computer for the last three years... all gone. MY SCHOOL FILES. My fonts! My icon brushes! My video files! Three seasons of CI ( Read more... )

hard drive crashes, stupid technology

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fizzybottlecap October 6 2005, 17:16:50 UTC

awwwwwwwww kitten I am sooooo sorry to hear this
Let me know if there are any files I can send to you over GAY O L

_sopretty October 6 2005, 18:39:13 UTC

holy shit, that's so sad. i understand how paralyzing it can be to loose everything, my computer crashed back in march and i lost years and years of music that i had recorded. luckily i had the mp3 versions in cd format, but i mean, no i can never remix or remaster anything. hopefully you have some of your writing printed out?

if you need a shoulder to cry on, i'm so there. :)

frances_rain October 6 2005, 22:24:19 UTC

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that. I have tonnes of CI files and fonts and things, so please please let me know if there's anything I can send you.

jackiejunior October 6 2005, 23:13:57 UTC

OMG, WHAAAAAT?

I would DIE. Seriously, brej, I would die. My thoughts are with you and your dearly departed komputr.

respectmyright October 6 2005, 23:42:37 UTC

Guy, today I am DEAD ON THE INSIDE. I've taken TOWIDOTI as my idol. My soul is crushed and bleeding. D:

jackiejunior October 7 2005, 03:27:08 UTC

*uses the falling baby Kalan icon to maybe cheer you up?*

If you need me to send you anything, let me know! I give this whole laptop fiasco a QUADRUPLE DEUCE.

annexw October 7 2005, 01:30:22 UTC

I have all of CI Classic and CI2 in one of my files, let me know if you want a copy. It would be no trouble at all. And lots of programs so let me know dude.

Did they tell you why it needed to be wiped?

DVD backups my friends. It will SAVE YOUR LIFE.

respectmyright October 7 2005, 02:04:09 UTC

It didn't need to be wiped. Apparently there was some sort of system failure that caused corruption to the hard drive which wiped if of all data. The technician says it happens out of the blue sometimes and it's a Windows XP thing.

When my laptop is up and running again - it's just a shell right now, the IT department at school is going to have to reload the operating system and all the academic software back onto it - I may beg you for classic CI stuff. AND YES I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO START BACKING UP STUFF ALL THE TIME NOW.

annexw October 7 2005, 03:34:29 UTC

I have never, never heard of that. Ever ( ... )

respectmyright October 7 2005, 18:11:32 UTC

You have to take the drive out of the laptop and put it in an external drive and all this stuff and its a pain so most times we don't do it unless the client has a thesis or spy secrets or something on the drive.

See, he did say he did that, so I sort of believe him. Also, I not only freaked out in front of him when I took the computer in, but I also called his manager when he wasn't in to make sure they knew that the files on the laptop were crucial to my work and my life, so I think if it were recoverable, they would have at least told me that it would cost $2908203 to recover them and gave me the choice. But he said there's NOTHING left, no operating system, zilch. All that's left is like, the shell of the machine and everything has to be reset.

I promptly turned the computer over to the IT guys at school today, and they're checking it out now, so I'll get a second opinion, at least.

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