And Now for Some (Sorta) Good News
The past five days have been swallowed by the fun (snark) process of setting up a new computer (and a new printer when I realized my old workhorse was no longer supported by anyone) and loading and sorting data from my woefully out-of-date backups.
I'd been meaning to get a new computer for some time now. But it's always such a hassle that I kept putting it off. Bad idea. Last Wednesday, my old faithful started making funny noises and then (while I was still scrambling around for my external hard drive to back it up as I've been meaning to do forever) went white except for the Dreaded Spinning Ball of Doom.
According to the Rent-a-Nerd guy, they were able to recover about 25/26 of my data, although I've yet to load it on my new computer to see exactly what was lost and how it compares to my old backed up files. The good news (and there is some!) is that I do have the first 140 pages of Sebastian Book #11 printed out, so while I may need to retype it if it isn't part of that 25/26, it isn't completely lost.
As you can see from the photo, I now have an external hard drive permanently hooked up and set to back up every hour. I feel like I'm closing the barn door after all the horses are gone, but better late than never, right? I'm also looking into someplace in the Cloud to back up to as well (suggestions are welcome).
The funny thing is, I used to be fairly good about backing up. But somehow in the past year I let it slide--along with everything else. Lesson learned.
Oh, and you can also see my new mouse pad! He doesn't look like my vision of Sebastian, but I do love that cover.
I'd been meaning to get a new computer for some time now. But it's always such a hassle that I kept putting it off. Bad idea. Last Wednesday, my old faithful started making funny noises and then (while I was still scrambling around for my external hard drive to back it up as I've been meaning to do forever) went white except for the Dreaded Spinning Ball of Doom.According to the Rent-a-Nerd guy, they were able to recover about 25/26 of my data, although I've yet to load it on my new computer to see exactly what was lost and how it compares to my old backed up files. The good news (and there is some!) is that I do have the first 140 pages of Sebastian Book #11 printed out, so while I may need to retype it if it isn't part of that 25/26, it isn't completely lost.
As you can see from the photo, I now have an external hard drive permanently hooked up and set to back up every hour. I feel like I'm closing the barn door after all the horses are gone, but better late than never, right? I'm also looking into someplace in the Cloud to back up to as well (suggestions are welcome).
The funny thing is, I used to be fairly good about backing up. But somehow in the past year I let it slide--along with everything else. Lesson learned.
Oh, and you can also see my new mouse pad! He doesn't look like my vision of Sebastian, but I do love that cover.
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Now that you mentioned it...what (or who) is your vision of Sebastian? :)
Elizabeth wrote: "I had the same thing happen to me...my computer finally died while I was buying an external drive to back it up (too late)."Elizabeth, I feel your pain!
Liane wrote: "Now that you mentioned it...what (or who) is your vision of Sebastian? :)"He's in my head. I haven't seen an actor yet who quite captures him.
I am glad he is only in your head. I find it more enjoyable to have him be in our imagination than to have in be an actor that wouldn't fit everyone's imagination.
Looks like a nice setup! And so glad to hear that you haven't lost your next book :)