*tears hair out*
So, in the last week or so, I've had massive family drama, total physical exhaustion due to activities I participated in to make other people have fun, my period, a friend's car getting towed from in front of my house, a canceled concert, and dizzy spells sufficiently impressive that I'm taking off work today due to inability to drive.
And apparently my computer has deleted all of my files irretrievably, in a sequence of events that ran roughly like this:
Computer: *plays music file*
Me: That music file is bad. I want to delete it.
Computer: Are you sure you want to delete [name of music file]?
Me: Yes!
Computer: Now deleting My Documents folder and all of its contents.
Me: Wait, no! What? Cancel!
Computer: *decides to have the problem it's been having intermittently where the mouse doesn't respond to clicks*
Me: Dammit, cancel!
Computer: My Documents folder deleted.
I've been trying to reliably back up my computer for quite some time, but have been having trouble connecting it to things to back up the files. I'd been getting increasingly nervous as that has failed repeatedly.
And now, there goes a portion of what I wrote for the university classes I teach, plus a number of professional things I was working on, plus my D&D notes and character sheets for three different campaigns, plus all of my Sassafrass music that I had in .pdf, plus some other random crap, plus all the backups I've been maintaining for people.
Meaning, dear flist, if I have been keeping a backup for you, I don't have it anymore. I'd be happy to take on a new copy once my computer stuff has been worked out.
Fortunately, all of the stuff I wrote for my high school teaching is safely on my school computer, or else I'd really be tearing my hair out. If I'd lost six years of teaching materials, I'd probably be going quite mad right now.
Instead, I shall go lie down flat on my back with heating pads and painkillers, as I have my period and therefore do not have the energy to deal with this right now.
And apparently my computer has deleted all of my files irretrievably, in a sequence of events that ran roughly like this:
Computer: *plays music file*
Me: That music file is bad. I want to delete it.
Computer: Are you sure you want to delete [name of music file]?
Me: Yes!
Computer: Now deleting My Documents folder and all of its contents.
Me: Wait, no! What? Cancel!
Computer: *decides to have the problem it's been having intermittently where the mouse doesn't respond to clicks*
Me: Dammit, cancel!
Computer: My Documents folder deleted.
I've been trying to reliably back up my computer for quite some time, but have been having trouble connecting it to things to back up the files. I'd been getting increasingly nervous as that has failed repeatedly.
And now, there goes a portion of what I wrote for the university classes I teach, plus a number of professional things I was working on, plus my D&D notes and character sheets for three different campaigns, plus all of my Sassafrass music that I had in .pdf, plus some other random crap, plus all the backups I've been maintaining for people.
Meaning, dear flist, if I have been keeping a backup for you, I don't have it anymore. I'd be happy to take on a new copy once my computer stuff has been worked out.
Fortunately, all of the stuff I wrote for my high school teaching is safely on my school computer, or else I'd really be tearing my hair out. If I'd lost six years of teaching materials, I'd probably be going quite mad right now.
Instead, I shall go lie down flat on my back with heating pads and painkillers, as I have my period and therefore do not have the energy to deal with this right now.