FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on Jan 04, 2008 · 41 posts
FranOnTheEdge posted Fri, 04 January 2008 at 9:03 PM
Yeah, it's another disasterous start to a new year.
I got a new external hard drive for my birthday and got it installed with its included backup software - late yesterday.
And (I'm sure just because of that) today my PC's hard drive melted - just before the back-up planned for today.
Luckily I've saved all my bryce files to the old external hard drive, but the newest presets are totally gone - nothing is recoverable from the melted drive at all.
Fortunately the PC is still under guarantee.
This is sounding ominously like a bad start to the year, (again) what with both of us currently suffering from the flu (and all through Xmas), and my husband's new camera having to also go away to be fixed (white balance is totally knackered).
But at least no family member has died - which is what happened the previous Xmas - it's really been an extraordinary last few years, what with my young healthy nephew dying suddenly on the football pitch, my father in law dying after 4 years of serious illness after Legionaires disease, my dear uncle dying painfully of cancer of the spine, my granddaughter spending time in hospital with meningitus. (thankfully she at least recovered)
But... what's gone wrong with things? Is there an ominous comet threatening us in the skies? Have I unwittingly done something really bad? or is it one of those cyclic things? Things have been falling apart around us because soon things will take a big step forward and our luck will change?
Cripes, I hope so.
So if anyone has any loose good wishes they need to use up - I could really do with some, before things go any further down the pan. I'd really rather not loose any more relatives.
Thinks a bit... or any more electronic equipment either. Lol.
Oh, and please don't ever wait until tomorrow, back-up now!
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)