Arrrggghhhh!

[sassyjumper]

So my laptop dropped dead this morning, and I ended up having to buy a new one. It's OK, I told myself, you want the MacBook Air anyway. But it's been a while since I backed up my files, and I lost all the work I'd done on an article due tomorrow. Ahahahahaha

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[menolly_au]

Oh noes - I am crying for your lappie too :(

Can you pull the hard drive out of the defunct laptop, or is that dead too?

[sassyjumper]

The hard drive is dead. I could pay $600 to have the data retrieved -- but lol, no.

Luckily, most of my stuff was backed up to an external drive. But I haven't updated in the past week or so -- so I lost my current work assignment and the fic. It was brilliant, I tell you, brilliant! I think I have enough of it in my mind that I can start over, but ... UGH.

[menolly_au]

I tried to repair a dead hard drive once, cost me $30 for a part and the hard drive is still dead :)

There's something soul destroying about having to redo work you've already done because you lost it - been there. And I'm sure the fic was absolutely brilliant :) and will be again - after you get the pesky work out of the way.

[srsly_yes]

OhnoOhnoOhnoooooo! The thought of a computer crash (especially in the middle of a story) causes me to break into a cold sweat. And redos of any kind are the worst. I found the only good that comes of it is that the rewrite is better.

You know all of us sick!Wilson fans are wringing our hands right now. Good luck hon.

[sassyjumper]

Your icon is a perfect representation of my reaction this morning.

It's not that bad. I already finished re-writing my work stuff, because my interview notes are all still in front of me. And I'm sure I can re-write that fic -- which, BTW, was partly inspired by the question you raised on what House thinks of Wilson's looks ;)

[srsly_yes]

Glad to hear you got work out of the way.

And I'm sure I can re-write that fic -- which, BTW, was partly inspired by the question you raised on what House thinks of Wilson's looks ;)
*happy dance* Oh, you shouldn't have told me. I can't wait!

[blackmare]

This is one advantage of my "system" (if you can call it that) of drafting all my stories on DW/LJ. Even if one site goes down, I've got it crossposted. But I have felt the pain you feel, because I've been in the middle of a huge chapter when LJ's head imploded and instead of "save edits" it just ... sent everything to oblivion.

I may have cried.

[sassyjumper]

You must've accidentally clicked LJ's 'obliterate' button, located ludicrously close to the 'save' button. I would've cried.

[discofunction]

Gah!! This reminds me of when I was in High School. I did a piece of work for my Drama GCSE (handwritten as this was an age before typing coursework on computer!!)and handed it in to my teacher. A Few days later my teacher chases me up saying I haven't handed it in. Well argument between teacher and I ensued... I know he lost it as I know I gave it to him! Anyway-I had to rewrite the entire thing. As it turned out my second draft scored top marks and was way better than the first!

I look forward to your fic!! xxx

sympathies!

[emblem_artist]

I've been there before too. :O Keeping my fingers crossed for your fic! :)