 Here's a lesson - BACKUP!
There I was, working away at three o clock yesterday afternoon when a little message popped up saying `cannot write file xxx to C temp`. Hmm I though, very strange.... Seconds later the same again..... Hmmm maybe a reboot would solve this niggle....
Rebooted once, went around, twice same again, tried safe mode with prompts.. stopped at iomdisk.sys....
OH BUGGER!
Hard drive down the toilet. Well and truly flushed.
Data lost. Videos lost. Connection settings, pictures, emails, contacts, programs, installation serial numbers, the list goes on. Every single byte lost.
Had to go to Comet and buy a new laptop. Eight Hundred and Ninety Nine Hard Earned Quid.
Only saving grace is a clean sheet to start from. Yipeee.
Lesson learnt here. How many times do we tell ourselves "must do a back up soon" and then forget about it? We all know what we should do, but do we do it? I didn't and now I have paid the price.
Trust me. BACK IT UP NOW! |