Richard Norway's Blog

That's terrible, and I feel for you. I had to wipe my hard drive and start fresh, but my backup, on a peripheral hard drive outside the computer, allowed me to recover 99% of what I had. I was worried sick, though, that it wasn't going to work. So I can easily imagine what it's like to really happen.So much lost. I'm so sorry.C

Thanks Cole,The web based service that I'm now using is called Carbonite. The backup with this service is instantaneous so that as I'm typing this, it's being backed up. And at $ 0.15 per day, it's worth it.

Having recovered my own data recently I can assure I sympathise with how you must feel. All I can do is offer you a big hug and tell you I am so sorry for you.

OMG, Richard, that's terrible!I do what Cole does, I backup to an external hard drive, including the AwesomeDude site and forum data base. And the really important stuff gets backed up to a second external hard drive as well. Obsessive/compulsive? Could be but it has saved my butt and my job several times. I hear Carbonite is good but to totally recall all the mega and gigabytes of stuff I save, would take forever to retreive online.Anyway, I commiserate with you. I started my backup habit after a lightning strike took out everything about six years ago in Korea, so I've been there.

Buy a USB external hard drive for about $100 to dump your data on. It's a lot cheaper than losing your work.I have 3 for 2 terrabytes of available space.They also convenient because you can plug in your lap top.USB hard drives at Best Buy