texchan: aya with his bazooka, from WK OP #2 (Stoopid Person Hole)
texchan ([personal profile] texchan) wrote2010-06-05 10:07 am
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AAAAAAACK!!!

OK, so I got up this morning thinking I would try and work on uploading things to the new cel gallery since my daughter is sitting in here with me watching Playhouse Disney as she eats her breakfast. It's really hard to write with Micky and Co. (or whatever) in the background. Particularly when kids' shows are, of course, cheerful, and what I'm writing is so very ... well, not. >.O

But I turned on my PC only to have it make a horrible squealing/alarm sort of noise and do ... nothing.

O_O

I think my darling old-faithful PC has finally cratered. I'm sitting here trying not to think it. And trying not to panic or anything. But still ... WAAAAAAH!!! I love that computer. Love, love, love it. And everything is still on there. All my writing files. My photos. My website stuff -- all my art images. I haven't transferred anything over to the other computer yet, partly because I've been busy and partly because I was going from PC to Mac, and I wasn't sure exactly how the transfer would work. It's stupid, but still ... sometimes the brain shies away from something that seems too complicated and sticky. Particularly when surrounded with the mundane problems of daily life, like sick dogs, sick kids, plumbing that needs to be fixed, household chores that have to be done, a hubby that travels, and yadda, yadda, yadda. Luckily, I backed things up not that long ago. I know I have backups of all my art image files, so that's a good thing. I don't think I would want to try to scan all of those again.

But now I'm panicking because I'm not sure if my latest photographs were backed up or not. I had some really pretty pictures of my daughter in a dress my aunt sent ... and I may have lost those. Among others. The photographs, if I can't get them off that computer, are gone for good. That's the horrible part of digital photography. *cries*

Just ... AAAAAAAAAACK!!! *flails around*

[identity profile] skyrat13.livejournal.com 2010-06-05 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh noes, I hope you're able to recover them!!! Will your aunt be able to re-send you the photos of your daughter?

I had similar panic back in March when my laptop went on the fritz. Luckily I was able to buy an external harddrive and dump everything there before it totally died and I had to wipe everything off of it.

Good luck??

[identity profile] lucidscreamer.livejournal.com 2010-06-07 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh. Muy sympathy. Hope you can recover everything! :HUGS: