Learn from MY mistake...
THANK YOU all of my bloggy friends.... My camera is OK... I took the lens off A G A I N... & all of a sudden...it worked.... Big ol' sigh of relief...
I was hoping things were going to change & go in my favor & the computer would all of a sudden just start working... Ummm...NO such luck...
There is power...it just seems that the plugs/Ports are not working...
ANY OF THEM....
I ran desperately to the trusty laptop to see what I had backed up..... I do, back up from time to time... what did I find?
5,000 DUMB A&S photos...
photos of my sisters wedding? NO... photos of my kids with my parents...NO... all of my nieces & nephews... ARRRRGGG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....
Learn from my mistake...go & back everything up right now.... if your computer dies tonight... you will have no regrets..... WHAAAA...
OK, so ya'll get ready for lots & lots & lots of pictures...cause I am going to be downloading them EVERYWHERE...just in case...
I know there is a possibility that I will be able to get the pictures off of the old computer... but I have heard lots of horror stories....& am not getting my hopes up!
Hubby is off traveling around Europe this week... I had a big ol week of BLOGGY LOVE planned... & then the computer disaster hit..... (I know I can use my laptop...it just isn't the same...)
Looking on the bright side...I am FINALLY printing out all of the pictures that I have been planning on.... The printer is going a mile a min....
I was hoping things were going to change & go in my favor & the computer would all of a sudden just start working... Ummm...NO such luck...
There is power...it just seems that the plugs/Ports are not working...
ANY OF THEM....
I ran desperately to the trusty laptop to see what I had backed up..... I do, back up from time to time... what did I find?
5,000 DUMB A&S photos...
photos of my sisters wedding? NO... photos of my kids with my parents...NO... all of my nieces & nephews... ARRRRGGG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....
Learn from my mistake...go & back everything up right now.... if your computer dies tonight... you will have no regrets..... WHAAAA...
OK, so ya'll get ready for lots & lots & lots of pictures...cause I am going to be downloading them EVERYWHERE...just in case...
I know there is a possibility that I will be able to get the pictures off of the old computer... but I have heard lots of horror stories....& am not getting my hopes up!
Hubby is off traveling around Europe this week... I had a big ol week of BLOGGY LOVE planned... & then the computer disaster hit..... (I know I can use my laptop...it just isn't the same...)
Looking on the bright side...I am FINALLY printing out all of the pictures that I have been planning on.... The printer is going a mile a min....
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The same thing happened to my computer recently, and now I back up NIGHTLY. I don't add new things every day, but just in case, I wanted to get in the habit. Hopefully that will never happen again. And hopefully you'll be able to retrieve your pics!
It's amazing how much we come to rely on the computer to pretty much do everything.
Good reminder though to do those back-ups!
There's a company online that will back up all your stuff for $50/year. I am racking my brain to try to remember the name...I'll foward it as soon as I do.
Doesn't it always seem like these things break down at the same time?!
Sorry you had a lousy day with this stuff!!
I flirt with disaster re my photos on my computer. I really do need to start backing them up to disk, as I have lost photos in the past. You'd think I'd learn, wouldn't you?? I think there is a part of me that likes living dangerously!!
Can you take the hard disk to computer store? They may be able to retrieve the dta on it, even if the computer is dead and the hard disk fried. I've had to do that before ...
And... I am sooo sorry to hear about your computer. Mine died this summer and I about lost my mind until they told me they could retrieve the data. I wanted to kiss the computer dude right smack dab on the lips for that one!