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July 16, 2005
Disk disaster
I had my main hard drive fail a few weeks ago. I thought at the time that I might be able to retrieve the information but I found out a few days ago that it was mostly gone.
I have backups of the most important stuff - old emails, business stuff, development work etc. but the real kick in the balls is all my pictures fomr the last few years are gone, gone, gone...
Most of the baby pictures of my niece Alannah, all the pics from Rosscommon over the last few years, family get togethers, parties, walks. All gone. I was slightly freaked to say the least :)
In a way its freedom - I have to start form scratch.
When I was younger I used to get excited by seeing a sheet of blank paper - my mind would go into overdrive with the possibilities of what I could draw on it.
My computer is now a blank sheet.
The timing is strange too - coming at a time when I am trying to slough off some old habits, memories, bad times. Less shadows, more light.
In a way the disk crash was spring cleaning.
Never having liked spring cleaning I invested in some backup software, a mirrored drive and lots of DVD's - I'm lazy at heart - I always end up doing loads of work in order to avoid work :)
Posted by dottie at July 16, 2005 1:52 AM