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thanks daisysface
but no they are gone forever...I will be backing up anything else from now on though
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 24, 2005 at 5:11 AM
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UUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH....
I can sooo relate to you.. to this horrible situation. I dont know if my computer caught a virus, but I recently had to wipe my hard drive. Fortunately I was able to save all my documents before having to kill and resurrect my computer. You should try to back up your files at least once a month if you have a CD burner. Sorry to hear...Hopefully you'll be able to get back some of your stuff !
posted by
daisysface
on January 23, 2005 at 6:20 PM
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I am so sorry Tanoolicious
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:44 AM
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mary_x
I did not have the norton anti virus turned on...I did no know I had to......it is all on and running now.....another lesson learnt
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:43 AM
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thanks for reading and sharing ThomasFranklin
good luck
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:42 AM
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thanks 9457sue
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:42 AM
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thats a great idea beachbelle
thank you so much for sharing.....
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:42 AM
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Tapsel-T
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:41 AM
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thank you ever so much AnnAndBenjamin for all your trouble in helping me
I really apprieciate it......apparantly from doing a restore system...my computer is fine now.....right?
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:41 AM
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thanks for sharing Quirkyalone
I will now always back up...I did indeed learn the hard way and have suffered as a result......so very gutted
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:39 AM
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thanks for reading Moondawg
from now on I will...but it doesnt gain back what I lost
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:38 AM
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David1Spirit
lucky for you....I wish I knew what I was doing
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:38 AM
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renigade3 thank you
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:37 AM
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thank you Ariala
I am so thnakful for my blog entries....they are a guess to how I was feeling at them hard times for me and so on....thank you for everything
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:37 AM
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WHAMENATOR
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 23, 2005 at 10:36 AM
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Oh my God, thats so aweful!! I know exactly what youre going through sweetie.... my other laptop doesnt work and it contains all the books ive written, all work done in college, my pictures, christmas, easter, my college graduation pictures... it broke my heart too.... {{{hugs}}} I should have them backed up too
posted by
Tanoolicious
on January 23, 2005 at 7:13 AM
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OMG, Symphony,
This just gives me chills. I have to get better virus protection, but you said it still happened even with Norton Anti-Virus. Did your cousin have any suggestions? But still, nothing will bring back your writing, your reading for your brother and your poetry and novel.
posted by
Blanche.
on January 22, 2005 at 11:23 PM
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Symphony,
by the way, this type of operation is called Data Recovery at the Data Recovery Center of the company.
Ben.
posted by
A-and-B
on January 22, 2005 at 11:21 PM
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Symphony,
I asked another person about the problem of crashed hard disk. He told to check with the hard disk manufacturer. They may advise you to remove it, send it to the original hard disk manufacturer who have the manpower/expertise to extract the data for you. There is a portion of the hard disk that is Read Only protected and this is the area where data maybe be salvaged. This labor will cost money, maybe expensive; enquire with the experts first. If it matters a lot to you, this is worth the money.
Of course, you need to buy & replace a new hard disk in order for your pc to function in the meantime.
Good luck.
Ben.
posted by
A-and-B
on January 22, 2005 at 11:11 PM
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I myself have computer problems where I fall off line. I think about getting it fixed vs. a new one. To fix it, I figure 400 to get a new one-not much more and I'll have all the newest technology. I'll still be slow cause I'm in the middle of nowhere. My problem is small compared to yours though. Sorry to hear about loosing such special stuff. It is just like a house fire.
posted by
ThomasFranklin
on January 22, 2005 at 9:23 PM
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Hello Symphony, happy to see you again...
posted by
Star5_
on January 22, 2005 at 7:27 PM
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Symphony
I won't tell you again what you already learned from this. However I will add another way of backing up.
I have a spare yahoo account to which I email stuff or save drafts of stuff I want to keep. I do this because then I could access it from anywhere. This is not instead of backing up but as well as. Tae a look at your old blogs. It will be amazing how much stuff you can retrieve from there
posted by
beachbelle
on January 22, 2005 at 7:19 PM
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Sorry you are having computer troubles, SYMPHONY. I have had my share of those so I know what you are going through.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 22, 2005 at 6:44 PM
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Symphony,
If its very important to you, try to salvage the old hard disk. You need a pro. Get one to visit your house, let him examine your operating system etc. Get his opinion. If necessary, he may recover that hard disk, so that he can copy your old data onto CDs for you. If that virus or crash isn't that fatal. You may want to buy and fix a new hard disk if he removes the old one. The pro can advice you better.
Good luck.
Thanks for visiting my blog.
Ben.
posted by
A-and-B
on January 22, 2005 at 5:43 PM
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Symphony, 
I am sorry you had to learn the hard way, the realities of not backing up your data onto whatever form of backup is available to you, floppy, cd, zip drive, whatever...I had a computer crash about ten years ago and felt the same way...gutted is a good word...but now, guess what...I religiously back up everything that is important to me...and not only that, I have backup of my backups!
posted by
Julia.
on January 22, 2005 at 5:21 PM
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back up, back up.
anything that you don't want to lose you should always save to another source, disks a separate hard drive what ever. I know this advice come a little late and I really am sorry and can understand your feeling of lose. I'm also a computer nerd and have survived many a fatal crash for one reason or another, but I've always been able to restore all my personal data because it was copied somewhere else. I now use an external hard drive to keep all my data from both my main and laptop backed up, then I back it up to DVD disks, regularly.
posted by
Moondawg
on January 22, 2005 at 4:15 PM
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I installed McAfee just after New Years
Did pretty much the same to mine. 
But as a computer nerd I was able to bypass some system startup files and reconfigure pretty quickly! 
posted by
David1Spirit
on January 22, 2005 at 11:39 AM
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Symphony--Good luck. Thinking of you.
posted by
Renigade
on January 22, 2005 at 11:20 AM
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Symphony, I'm so sorry you are going through this. I've been through it
a few times, but I had some things backed up. We're here for you and at least you still have your blog entries.
posted by
Ariala
on January 22, 2005 at 11:15 AM
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SYMPHONY, I AM SO SORRY FOR YOU!
posted by
WHAMENATOR
on January 22, 2005 at 10:16 AM
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thank you SillySoul88 ....I am sorry it happened to you too
I have not got the words to explain how deeply upset I am over it all...like you its my whole life....all my memories....have disapeard
I will have to get over it because there no use in dwelling over it...but it don't stop how I feel about it....I guess the same for you.....take care and thanks for sharing...and caring
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 22, 2005 at 10:09 AM
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I'm so sorry Sym
I've had this happen to me as well. I had some stories on my older computer that I couldn't get back and I was in such mistery, just sick. Even now writting about it just get that washed over feeling. Since then everything single thing I write down I back up on disk. It really felt like someone had competely erased my whole life. I know there's no way to say everything will be okay, but I hope everything will be okay. Take care. ~Silly
posted by
SillySoul88
on January 22, 2005 at 10:03 AM
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thank you poeticspoken
from now on....I will be doing that..but it don't get back what I have lost...but its a lesson learnt
thank you for reading and commenting
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 22, 2005 at 9:49 AM
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Symp,
that has happened on occassion to our computer. Yes, we had to save whatever we needed before we restored the computer or whatever it is called to clean and get rid of the virus.
Sorry to hear that you lost all your work, but saving on a computer is not good enough. You should always print copies. It's a safe way of knowing you will not loose your work. Please remember to do that from n
I can only imagine what you are going thru.
posted by
poeticspoken
on January 22, 2005 at 9:43 AM
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I am so sorry mike-pilarte
that must be so devastated too....I am so sorry you can relate....I know nothing about computers at all...and don't know anything about the save/safe mode....I hope you are ok?....take care
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 22, 2005 at 9:37 AM
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thanks for sharing RachelAnna
it is awful.....I will back up from now on thats a promise to myself
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 22, 2005 at 9:35 AM
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I am sorry. I do know how you feel. Like you, well I may be worse sort of a computer idiot persay. My laptop caught a worm in the fall, and wiped out my lap top. The sad part was that had lost over 600 pictures that I had taken while in Iraq, it hurt, it hurt alot. Mhat hurt the most was that Ilearned that Icould have started the computer on SAVE or SAFE mode and save the data into a disk.
You must feel terrible. but you still got lots of work posted on blogit!
posted by
michael_pilarte
on January 22, 2005 at 9:26 AM
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OMG!
That's horrible! Our computer crashed a couple years ago and it taught us that we have to back EVERYTHING up. I'm not so good about backing up what I write here, but in general, I copy everything to a disc.
Sorry you lost all of your stuff, I know it's a horrible feeling...
posted by
RachelAnna
on January 22, 2005 at 9:13 AM
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thanks for sharing Original_Influence
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 22, 2005 at 9:02 AM
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word.smith
I am going to always back it up from now on.....
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 22, 2005 at 9:02 AM
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scriber
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 22, 2005 at 9:01 AM
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thank you ever so much for caring DivineDiva
I got your email, I am sorry I have not replied....I have been thinking who has things that I may be able to save again...but nobody has anything.....I am devasted...but like chris said its a fresh start I guess
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 22, 2005 at 9:01 AM
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thanks for reading chris2303
I am sorry you can understand.....believe me...this computer did nearly end up in pieces......argh
but yes a fresh start it is.....
posted by
_Symphony_
on January 22, 2005 at 8:58 AM
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I am sorry to hear this has happened...
after the first time, one of our computers died, we got a potable hard drive to save our stuff onto...just need to update it...
posted by
Original_Influence
on January 22, 2005 at 8:31 AM
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Sorry to hear about this, Symph.
Although I know I should back up my stuff, I still don't do it as often as I should.
posted by
word.smith
on January 22, 2005 at 8:24 AM
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Symp--yes, I know the feeling. Most of us have lost part if not all like
you. You really had it bad. love scriber
posted by
scriber
on January 22, 2005 at 8:19 AM
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Glad you're safe and sound
I was worried when I hadn't heard from you.....glad to see you're safe and sound but sad to hear you've lost so much. It's happened to me too and it does make your heart ache.
After you back "up and running" with all your computer bits, maybe think about who might have the bits and pieces that are so important to you? Does you Mum have a paper copy of things you did for your brother's service?
The book is such a loss, you are such a good writer....
Hang in there Symph, we're glad you're back
posted by
DivineDiva
on January 22, 2005 at 8:08 AM
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SYMPHONY
Yes, I know your pain. 'tis the reason my last computer ended up in many pieces, as opposed to one complete piece. Like you, I didn't back up any files.
Look at it as a fresh start...
posted by
chris2303
on January 22, 2005 at 7:53 AM
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