FML

[pprfaith]

So, while switching from my old laptop to my new one, I apparently replaced newer versions of fanfics with older ones. Meaning there's some 10k odd words in the wind.

Am going to bang my head against a wall now.

Comments

[dharkapparition]

feeling your pain

[pprfaith]

I pulled out the old computer and went through the bin until I found them. It's all good again.

This time.

Last time I lost stuff, it was about 40k and no retrieving possible. Sometimes, the tech just wins.

[dharkapparition]

I've had three catastrophic flash drive failures that effectively stalled three of my big wips

[pprfaith]

Three? Did you murder someone's kitten in a past life? That's... I'd throw myself behind the nearest bus and be done with it.

That is horrible!

[sofi_skoog]

I cannot recommend services like dropbox or even google drive enough. It have saved me countless times.

[pprfaith]

Ah, but if you press the wrong button and skip replacing the older file with the newer one, you're screwed no matter where your stuff is stored.

[sofi_skoog]

That's the point, have back up and never more than one file.

[pprfaith]

That's a contradiction in terms and also doesn't cancel out the possibility to make that mistake.