It Lives!

July 13th, 2008

It lives! The laptop is finally alive again. The bad news is that on its way out not just e-mails were going bad, but also backups. I have lost just about everything including all my music, movies and every photo that I didn’t put up on flickr. From Tokyo to Colombia, from coffee stuff to personal stuff – all gone.
Quite depressed but perhaps it is one stop away from being a materialist, or something like that….

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  • http://www.coffeegeek.com Mark

    Major suckage Jim, and I sympathise being a victim of similar circumstances on a few occasions.

    Hindsight’s always 20/20, but may I recommend this:

    http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?S=1268&ID=1642

    (just get the cheapest one), which has become my defacto backup station for both macs (time machine) and PCs. Swap out cheap HDs with no pain, lots of gain.

  • http://barismo.com Ben Kaminsky

    That really does suck, a lot. Skype file transfer?

  • http://www.silverbrowonfood.com Anthony Silverbrow

    I’m gutted for you, it’s a real pain in the arse. I realise the horse has bolted and all, but I’d suggest to all and sundry to have two backups. One great piece of advice I read was buying them a few months apart. That way, there’s a bit less chance they’ll both die at the same point.

    It would be helpful if the likes of Amazon S3 could be used for the amateur’s storage.

  • http://myheartisinhelsinki.blogspot.com Ben Helfen

    Sorry to hear about that, dude. I had the exact same thing happen to me a couple months ago. It stings really bad.

    Since everyone is making suggestions, i’ll add one: http://mozy.com. It’s an internet back up, and only $5 a month. It was recommended highly to me by one of the Octane regulars.