Back it All Up!

[Love,]

I just had a mild heart attack!

 

I woke up to find my computer all off. I had realized earlier that I had not shut it off at all prior to taking my nap. So, I rushed to it, pushed the power button. So, I pushed, pushed, and pushed, and nothing! Then, I held onto it, and it turned on, gave a "dying cry" and just fainted away. I tried the same thing, and it did it again and again for like thirty times. I was so saddened and disappointed. I didn't know what to do. Even if I cried, tears wouldn't come out because I was so shocked. There were so many things in the computer that are irreplaceable - photographs, projects, notes - things from my life. Since, I live such a "digital" life - with business correspondence and business projects on the computer, photographs captured on digital cameras, notes and journals typed and filed away on the computer - a lot were in this computer.

 

:cry:

 

So, I did what ever I could. I started praying to God again and again, as any Christian would do. Then, I thought about "The Secret" and started telling the computer "you're alive." LOL And I kept pressing and pressing. All of a sudden, I opened up the computer, held onto the power button on the monitor (the power button on the monitor ignites the whole computer), pressed held on, and kept pressing, and pressing, and OMGGGGG, it turned on!!!! :w00t:

 

Immediately, I hooked up my external hard drives, and began copying all my files into them. I began cutting out duplicate files. I came across the cherishable and precious photographs from family events, birthdays, weddings and memorial services - and I just had this gigantic smile and little tears in my eyes. I WAS SO HAPPY!

 

Now, everything is stored and backed-up!!!

 

So, for this moment, I just want to encourage each one of you - if you have things on your computer and do not have them backed-up on DVDs or a hard drive - do it now!

[Bellamy]

It's just some connection is wrong in your computer, nothing seriously. If it's your hard drive died, god can't save you.

[Love,]

It's just some connection is wrong in your computer, nothing seriously. If it's your hard drive died, god can't save you.

 

Yep! But you know, I'm just so thrilled it's all back to life now!

[Angel, You thrill me]

It's just some connection is wrong in your computer, nothing seriously. If it's your hard drive died, god can't save you.

 

Yep! But you know, I'm just so thrilled it's all back to life now!

 

great! glad everythings fine

[KimboCosmo]

I wouldn't even know where to start

 

[Love,]

I wouldn't even know where to start

 

 

Start with one DVD-R.

[Bralo20]

It's just some connection is wrong in your computer, nothing seriously. If it's your hard drive died, god can't save you.

 

Even when you have an hard drive failure you can restore much of your data on the disc. Sometimes you can do it yourself (if you know what to do, and dumping a hard drive in a freezer is NOT and I repeat NOT a good idea to recover data) or otherwise you can ask a professional company to do it for you. Mostly it wil cost something of 100 USD or less.

[Bralo20]

So, for this moment, I just want to encourage each one of you - if you have things on your computer and do not have them backed-up on DVDs or a hard drive - do it now! [/color]

 

Had about the same problem once, but it was actually my motherboard and my hard drive wich had crashed... I had recovered about 95% of my data, only 5% was lost.

 

But since that day I have a small data server in my home office where all the data is stored.

For the important files (photo's, video or regular files) it is burned on 2 separte discs. One is stored in house and one goes to my vault at the bank (I make a new disc every 2 to 3 years since DVD's won't last forever). The recent files (last year) are also stored on a file server at home.

 

 

Never lost a single file since then

[Allie]

that's why I save everything on my external. glad it finally turned on though! I've had that happen to me more than once (just recently - I usually back up my stuff once a month to my external, and I hadn't done it for like three months. then my computer crashed, so I lost everything I had saved in the past few months, along with 8,000+ songs that were not on my iPod) and I know how devastating it is.

[Cheerfuljane]

Not like I`m paranoid or anything but I have everything backed up in triplicate and stored in 3 different countries just in case

[stevethefan]

I remember hearing once that it's not if your hard drive will go it's when if you have your computer long enough.

 

And even though I know this, I still don't back up!

 

Although, I don't keep much on my computer.

[Cheerfuljane]

My whole life is on this thing

I`ve had it for 7 years with no problems.... touch wood

[CelineAndRene]

Glad it's back!

[KimboCosmo]

My whole life is on this thing

I`ve had it for 7 years with no problems.... touch wood

Just touch? Girl you better lick it

[Cheerfuljane]

My whole life is on this thing

I`ve had it for 7 years with no problems.... touch wood

Just touch? Girl you better lick it

 

Maybe I should just eat it then

[KimboCosmo]

My whole life is on this thing

I`ve had it for 7 years with no problems.... touch wood

Just touch? Girl you better lick it

 

Maybe I should just eat it then

Just to be on the safe side, I would...

 

[Love,]

 

I think my computer finally gave up its ghost! :(

 

Today I turned it on, and did the same things again and again - and only the fans came on lol.

 

At least I was able to save all the files

 

It's been my baby since 2003. Five years of non-stop use! :w00t:

 

*sighhhhh

[AllCeline]

It's been my baby since 2003. Five years of non-stop use! :w00t:

[/color]

2003!? Dude!! Time for a new baby. My last computer lasted five years until it literally died. But rest assured that your new one will be easy to fall in love with.

 

I love my external hard drive! It holds my entire media collection--can't live without that!!

Edited August 16, 2008 at 08:33 AM by AllCeline

[AllCeline]

Edit: Clicked the Quote botton instead of Edit. Mod or admin, please delete this post. Edited August 16, 2008 at 08:34 AM by AllCeline

[Love,]

 

OMGGGGGGG!!!!

 

It's ALIVE again!!!

 

:sofunny: :sofunny:

 

 

I resuscitated it!

 

It's like Tina Turner's Farewell Tour! It won't go away! Yet, when it's alive, it's SIMPLY THE BEST!!!

[Jacqui]

This happened to my parents this morning...only it didn't come back to life! It's at the computer place now being (hopefully) fixed.

My Dad, being the smart man he is...did not have ANY of his stuff backed up. So he's been very angry today. So angry in fact, that he broke the pool cleaner. Then he got angry because that was broken...

[Love,]

Here's a little update on my darling, powerhouse Apple G4:

 

It's finally... dead.

Edited August 21, 2008 at 04:44 PM by Love,

[Céline's Blues]

The G4s were AMAZING machines, Sofa! At some specific tasks they're still faster than Intel Core Duo processors.

 

But just wait till you get the new Pros. They're screaming 8-core machines!

[Krys]

i've gotten so many of these pc failures i've become immune

[celinedream]

don't be attached to material stuff!!!

[Love,]

don't be attached to material stuff!!!

LOL Jimena darling, that's spontaneous...

 

Materialism is not relevant to this topic.

 

I had so many precious things on that computer as you could see in my essay.

Edited August 23, 2008 at 12:51 AM by Love,

[Snowhite]

the same thing happened to me two times.... It was a kind of virus!!!!And all the files were deleted...Now i have learnt...every second week i bring NOD32 into operation to destroy the viruses,if i have..

[Dionesque]

I use AntiVir and Ad-Aware and they saved my life... ehm, my lappy & my files planty of times, especially the first prog!

 

And I try to back all my important files on a external hard drive as often as possible - important text files, photos, my entire music collection, Céline videos etc.

[Jacqui]

I tried to take your advice...I have most my stuff saved but not all of it, so I bought some of those USB things, but they don't work, I got a message saying that it was incompatible and if I proceed it may make my computer unstable. So I bought some CDs to back stuff up on. Tried to save stuff on them. It told me it saved. But when I checked, there was nothing on the CDs! Conclusion: Computers are b*tches.

[venezia7]

I tried to take your advice...I have most my stuff saved but not all of it, so I bought some of those USB things, but they don't work, I got a message saying that it was incompatible and if I proceed it may make my computer unstable. So I bought some CDs to back stuff up on. Tried to save stuff on them. It told me it saved. But when I checked, there was nothing on the CDs! Conclusion: Computers are b*tches.

I agree to you last comment, they choose the best times to stop working . Mine is 3 years old now (laptop) and fair enough the poor thing has had a pretty full on life being used a school computer in all my lessons every schoolday of the year, plus all the other internet browsing ect i do in my free time. Well anyway it has crashed about 4 times in 2 weeks! I am really scared its going to completely die and nothing i backed up! So this has been a wake up call....thankyou i will now get my but in gear and back up all my precious photos and videos which hold memories , songs and all my school work. The onyl thing is, my CD drive is broken and there is no point getting it repaired when its getting old, so i can;t back up onto CD's so i will have to transfer it all onto anoter computer with a USB stick.