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kingaling:
Within the last year I had 20 different files on my computer that held all the information for the book series a friend and I are collaborating on. everything from species, to plotline's/twists/bunnies, clothing, equipment, story outlines and languages.

then, my computer got sick. very sick. and in a rush to save my beloved stories I popped in various discs and loaded them on, being careful to make sure they were actually on them.

I did a system reconfiguration. and when my comp was restarted, I popped in my first disc. no information..the next disc...no info...as for the rest of the discs..nothing as well. 7 different discs..none of them had anything AT ALL on them. *head explodes*


I suppose my short question would be..how do I go about recreating EVERYTHING?

and before people start saying things, I had a lot written down in a notebook..but not nearly enough. and I did have backup folders on the comp..but they don't do you any good when the comps crashing.

HELP! I'm in a bit of a depressive state (as well I should be, i believe)

thanks

Shecky:
I can offer nothing but sympathy and the hope that this has driven home the need for multiple copies of important material kept in multiple media in multiple locations (my most important stuff is on the hard drives of my computer, my wife's computer and my work computer, on one of the servers at work and on CD - at worst, if there's something I'm working on over time, I might lose my most recent work).

Try looking at it this way: this affords you the chance to redo everything the way you NOW know it should be. In reconstructing your materials, you'll have the opportunity to see them with hindsight and "fix" them. Lots of work, true, but it should be quicker than the original work and ultimately more satisfying.

3by2:
so you deleted everything that was on the computer?

kingaling:

--- Quote from: 3by2andaShake on November 10, 2007, 12:55:24 AM ---so you deleted everything that was on the computer?

--- End quote ---

i had to do a system reconfig so the comp could work, so yes. i sort of deleted the copies that were the back ups..but I put the originals to burn to CD, and none of them stuck even though my CD writer said they had been.

Fade:
try the cds on a different comp?

(might not be reading the cds..)

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