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The Worst day EVER
14 years ago
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So today has been like the worst day EVER aside from when Hancel was taken... like you won't even BELIEVE how bad this day is YOU WON"T BELIEVE!!!
So it started when my grandmother was cleaning and moved my computer table which had my laptop on it all cords attatched, my 1.5 terabyte hard drive fell to the floor and no longer works, I had it professionally looked at by
waggable who pronounced it dead. So that's ALL my data gone EVERY picture I have taken accept the ones on the SD cards currently are GONE! So photography portfolio, I DON"T THINK SO! For any of you who don't know I collect data and fle it and organize it and it's like a personal obsession of mine and to lose ALL my data... it kills me. So I bought 2 1.5 TB hard drives as they are conveniantly on sale on newegg.ca right now
Then my ISP which is also conveniantly the company I work for came to my house to check my internet as it has been running at half speed despite everything looking fine. The tech replaced the line which he said was working anyway and we swapped out my modem. So later when my speeds had gotten no better I called in saying there was still an issue, Tier 2 was contacted and they said it may be a glitch in the type of modem I have as it is a Modem Router Combo of business class that they provide for a very low rental. So now they say to go get an old wired modem and try it as they think it will work but either way there is nothing they can fix as visibly there is nothing broken. So that's FANTASTIC
So then I was stying optimistic my internet is still running at 15mbps and I got 2 new hard drives and can start rebuilding my data library and anime collection so I beat the new pokemon game so I could get my old team off the other game.. and lo and behold I turn on my old game to get the pokemon off of it and the game has been deleted.... now that seems simple but I had spent 500+ hours playing all the other games to get those pokemon and train that team using algorithms and played that team like pokemon was the national sport.... now it's gone.... and I hate all the new pokemon and want none of them... My umbreon, espeon, absol, snorlax, milotic, mewtwo, togekiss, alakazam, and many many more pokemon I spent hours on each and now it's all gone too... all in one day every bit of dataI had stored over the years is gone... every piece of data I EVER had is gone..
I am finding it hard to be optimistic after all these blows...
Sorry for the depressing emo journal
So it started when my grandmother was cleaning and moved my computer table which had my laptop on it all cords attatched, my 1.5 terabyte hard drive fell to the floor and no longer works, I had it professionally looked at by
waggable who pronounced it dead. So that's ALL my data gone EVERY picture I have taken accept the ones on the SD cards currently are GONE! So photography portfolio, I DON"T THINK SO! For any of you who don't know I collect data and fle it and organize it and it's like a personal obsession of mine and to lose ALL my data... it kills me. So I bought 2 1.5 TB hard drives as they are conveniantly on sale on newegg.ca right nowThen my ISP which is also conveniantly the company I work for came to my house to check my internet as it has been running at half speed despite everything looking fine. The tech replaced the line which he said was working anyway and we swapped out my modem. So later when my speeds had gotten no better I called in saying there was still an issue, Tier 2 was contacted and they said it may be a glitch in the type of modem I have as it is a Modem Router Combo of business class that they provide for a very low rental. So now they say to go get an old wired modem and try it as they think it will work but either way there is nothing they can fix as visibly there is nothing broken. So that's FANTASTIC
So then I was stying optimistic my internet is still running at 15mbps and I got 2 new hard drives and can start rebuilding my data library and anime collection so I beat the new pokemon game so I could get my old team off the other game.. and lo and behold I turn on my old game to get the pokemon off of it and the game has been deleted.... now that seems simple but I had spent 500+ hours playing all the other games to get those pokemon and train that team using algorithms and played that team like pokemon was the national sport.... now it's gone.... and I hate all the new pokemon and want none of them... My umbreon, espeon, absol, snorlax, milotic, mewtwo, togekiss, alakazam, and many many more pokemon I spent hours on each and now it's all gone too... all in one day every bit of dataI had stored over the years is gone... every piece of data I EVER had is gone..
I am finding it hard to be optimistic after all these blows...
Sorry for the depressing emo journal
managed to salvage some files, but not much.. too many bad sectors to rebuild the 0+1 RAID on it, so pretty much had to start over from scratch. >_<
Lessons I learned: (1) don't solely rely on the redundancy of RAID arrays, and: (2) backup things to DVD more often...
AND you lost all your pokes too?... you need a hug... *HUG* ssry.
The more faith we put in technology, the more it lets us down.. the only thing i can suggest is redundant backups as well as an offsite backup somewhere like the cloud. Have you tried swapping out the hard drive from your external into the other caddy?? just to see if its the caddy that has died?? failing that, take that hard drive and put it in the freezer overnight.. connect it up and sometimes it strangely works :S
Just remember that Tomorrow is another day, and another fresh start. Wake up and don't dwell on the failings of the previous day, more look forward to the adventures and trials of the day ahead.
We all love you Yuma, we're happy to hear your Emo rants :)
As for anything else, you said it perfectly yourself, its like rebuilding after a fire, you just have to "pick yourself up, dust yourself down and start all over again.." (great, now i'm singing that song... :S) Looking at these comments on this thread, you have a very loving and loyal set of fans and friends and we're all here to pick you up and dust you off :) my note box is always open should the need arise and i'm pretty sure there's a few more that will say the exact same thing :)
*huggles you loads* Be Safe, Be Strong, Remind yourself that you ARE worth it.. always.
Kai xx
and thats why i don't store all my information i one place, just small flash drives that are hidden and securly locked away. fire or water can't even get them, and i'm the only one who knows there many locations.