Weird computer glitches
My computer runs a virus scan every Thursday morning. This morning, it ran as normal, as did my Windows Update, which apparently needed to restart my computer to take effect. I don't baby sit my computer, so sometimes I click on things and then leave the room. This, apparently, leads to my doom.
I usually save all the time. I click on the save icon in Word whenever I finish a scene, a sentence, or just haven't in awhile. This is perfectly normal behavior for me, so much so that I don't even think about it. Note, this is step two of the doom process.
This morning, after I'd checked my e-mail but before I'd started any projects, I left the room to get breakfast and etc. after clicking on an icon saying something about updates, which popped up a nice little icon reminding me to shut down. I don't recall telling the computer to shut down, but when I returned to the computer after my breakfast, I noticed that all of my programs had been shut down. I checked the assignment I'd planned to work on today, saw that it had saved, and assumed all was well.
This afternoon, just moments ago, in fact, after finishing up some work on the other project, I opened the document for my novel. All of the work I did yesterday has completely, irrevocably vanished. Gone gone gone...
DOOM!
*sigh*
(No, no auto-save version popped up. I'll just have to rewrite. I should be glad--usually the second draft is better anyway, right?)
I usually save all the time. I click on the save icon in Word whenever I finish a scene, a sentence, or just haven't in awhile. This is perfectly normal behavior for me, so much so that I don't even think about it. Note, this is step two of the doom process.
This morning, after I'd checked my e-mail but before I'd started any projects, I left the room to get breakfast and etc. after clicking on an icon saying something about updates, which popped up a nice little icon reminding me to shut down. I don't recall telling the computer to shut down, but when I returned to the computer after my breakfast, I noticed that all of my programs had been shut down. I checked the assignment I'd planned to work on today, saw that it had saved, and assumed all was well.
This afternoon, just moments ago, in fact, after finishing up some work on the other project, I opened the document for my novel. All of the work I did yesterday has completely, irrevocably vanished. Gone gone gone...
DOOM!
*sigh*
(No, no auto-save version popped up. I'll just have to rewrite. I should be glad--usually the second draft is better anyway, right?)