Here in the 'Ella-Rose Miniatures' household we have had a run of bad luck this year, a lot of big things breaking down on us & we've had to replace, the boiler, the car, the bath, the toilet, etc, etc. I could go on & on...Last weekend was no exception, hearing a loud bang/popping noise, I went to investigate only to find that my computer had 'popped it's clogs'!! Gutting!! A very, very nice man came along to have a look at it to see if it could be revived, but sadly no! The powerpack had blown & 'frazzled' the motherboard AND hard drive, nothing could be retrieved, everything that was on the hard drive is now lost forever. 6 years of miniatures photos, gone. 6 years of Christmas, Birthday, days out photos, all gone!! Until I can afford a new computer I am borrowing an old one of my parents & it's taken a little bit of getting used to, but I will get there. Everything that was on my favourites list has been lost & I have spent the best part of two days trying to build up my favourites list again, just hard to remember everything that was on there. I have now learnt my lesson, I should always ALWAYS have a back-up copy of my photos. Thankfully my accounts were up to date, printed off & safely tucked away in a binder. But I am gutted about the photos. Anyway, I will be glad to see the back of this year I think & will look forward to 2011 with optimisism & hope!! Will be back before Christmas with pics of the latest minis I've been making.
Have a fantastic weekend!! Hugs, Kerry .x.
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Kerry, I had the same problem when the battery pack blew up on my laptop. It fried my Mother board. One of my Son's friends, who is a complete Computer Geek, managed to retrieve 90% of my photographs and documents, when I had been told by a shop, there was nothing to retrieve. I'd double check just in case..xxx
Hi Debbie, thank you for the advice, it really is appreciated. I had my brother-in-law have a look at it all, as he, too is a computer geek, he works in I.T. & builds computers from scratch, he tried his very best, but couldn't retrieve any of it. I've got a lot of photos saved in my two 'Facebook' accounts, so all is not lost & it has taught me a valuable lesson in computers, always have back-ups. I hope you are feeling better & looking forward to Christmas. XXX
Kerry!!! What a terrible situation! I have 2 backups: I saved all my miniatures to a CD and a external disk! I don´t want to loose everything...computers are the worst miniaturist friend!!!!
Good luck...
Marina
Oh, Kerry, I feel for you! We just got hit with a $500 bill for the pool sweep pump that went otu and we need to replace a leaky window and well you KNOW!
We have an external drive that I use to back up my computer especially b/c it has all my work on it but then of course one has to be diligent to use it which I will do so this morning!'
xxoo
M
Oh Kerry....that's just awful! I use a flash drive & religiously send my photos to that...a bit late now but maybe in the future! As the song goes "things can only get better"! Mini hugs, Linda
Thank you Marina, Marsha & Linda, hopefully I've learnt my lesson now & will always be making back-ups from now on. Keeping my fingers crossed that nothing else breaks down before the end of this year!! And hoping that I have a change of fortune/ luck for 2011!!
Kerry.x.
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