Running Barefoot: This is why I don't gamble...

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

This is why I don't gamble...

I had a few issues with my laptop...again! So I brought it to the shop for repairs. Now mind you, I have had this computer for almost 3 years now but I have had to have it repaired at least 4 times. Thank goodness I invested in the 3 year warranty plan which has covered some major repairs. The last 3 times I have opted to pay the $50 to have everything backed-up just in case they had to replace the hard drive and couldn't save the information on my computer. I've never needed it before. Well, this time I thought...this doesn't seem like as big of an issue as last time and the last two times they replaced the logic board and all of my information was untouched. Well, when I picked up my computer this time my heart jumped into my throat as I turned it on to see that they had indeed replaced the hard drive and reinstalled the operating system. I actually just closed the computer and waited for Ben to help me, hoping that there was some way that all of my info. could be on there just hiding and waiting for the magic way to come and find it. But alas...it was gone.

On a very positive note I had backed up my hard drive about a year ago and we were able to retrieve all my pictures and music that I had stores up to last August... but there are still things that I had on there from the last year that are irreplaceable. It was one of those moments that I knew I had done something silly to save a few bucks... if I could just go back to that one moment where I checked "No back up" - and just realize the possibilities of what could happen and say "oh what's $50 anyway"?

Thankfully I managed to find quite a few pictures from the last year on Flickr, saved on my camera and on this blog. Here are a few pictures from July....