A Post NOT About BlogHer
And not because I'm sick of reading them, just because it appears I was one of 17 people that didn't attend.
Stanley lives!
Our hard drive was completely lost and odds of all odds, our backup external drive failed when trying to restore the latest backup. The odds of that happening are 9.8 frazillion to 1. We eventually restored from 4 month old DVDs (a backup of the backup of the data).
Got that? Win the lottery, nope. Have 2 hard drives fail in 2 days, yes.
Hokay.
The only shot I took this weekend was of these flowers begging me to water them. The rest of my time has been spent loading software, sulking and generally cursing out Windows Vista Shitsa. What I wouldn't do for a Mac right about now.
I'll visit you as soon as I get un-buried from CD's. Until then, please go backup your data again.
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NO WAY? I'm first? FIRST!
I am so glad Stanley is back up & running. And, I loved your title!
oh please tell me you didn't lose photos....please tell me this.
oh and I hear you on computer trouble. ugh....I've had my share recently, but luckily...i lost no photos.
18. i didn't go either. it's incredible how reliant we've become on computers. scary really huh?
The flowers are beautiful, hope you have not lost other photos.
Oh I am so happy that Stanley has returned!
Lovely begging flowers!
Hee! Catchy title!
Did you lose any of your photos because that would suck the worst?
I am so jealous of the BlogHering gals. They suck.
And, sadly, I don't even know how to backup data...
Welcome back, Stanley!
Great reminder. It would be tragic if I lost my photos and docs. Other than that, my Mac can be easily reloaded. No registry to back up or anything.
My son has a new PC he built which uses Vista. It keeps crashing, even though he has SP1.
I hope you're back to normal soon.
Peace - D
Ouch that hurts.
Make it 19, I didn't go either. Maybe next year or never. Whatever. I am one with my loser title. Snort.
Perty flower.
Going right now.....I'm glad Stanley lives...and he got a facelift!
So glad the CPR worked on Stanley. I bit the bullet and got a mac this past March. Best. Thing. Evah. I didn't go to BlogHer either, so that makes it 18 now.
Oh no, the odds. That darn murphy at work again. At least you have your computer back. I hope you can get it all back to normal real soon. BTW - beautiful shot of the flower too, as usual! You really need to tell me what I need for macro shots like yours, lens, filter??
OMG! How awful!!! I do have something suspicious on my computer and my husband started to look into it, and I said "do not touch it until I back stuff up!" not that I don't trust him, but it's happened to me before - and I just couldn't bear to lose all my pics again! That's the biggest downside to having photos in this digital format.
I wish you good luck! And hope you didn't lose too much!
what a nightmare! BUT I am so glad this WASN"T about blogher!
My laptop is on the verge of death... new one is on the way today though!! Me thinks I should have considered ol' Mac. I will be experiencing Vista for the first time...
Yay for Stanley! What a tropper he is!!
Can you make that 20 I did not attend either!
UGH a backup, I gotta get on that this is SCARY!
Been there. All of my machines turned against me at once. It was madness!
Let's make it 21!
YAY! Stanley is back! I'm still in Malaysia right now but have sent instructions back to my husband to BACKUP THE PHOTOS!!! :)
Aw that sucks. I hope you get unburied soon *hugs*
Oh no not a hard drive loss. Im going to back up right now!
I was among the handful of people who didn't go either...
Oh no! I would die if my hard drive failed. I'm horrible about backing stuff up...
I must be #18 that did not attend BlogHer. I have read a lot about it already today...
Left something for you on my blog girly!
Never truer words, always always save!
Hope you spared a few moments to go water the flowers too. ;)
Good luck with installs. They always seem to take at least half a day or more.
now now now there's no reason to get blasphemous. just because some HARDWARE has let you down, it's no reason to go screaming to the other camp. *them*.
although macs are way cuter.
and way easier.
NO! STOP IT!!!! i will not be converted to macism! look, i'll come over and help you, it will be fine.
i'll bring some chai.
by the way, i meant division of labour, i wasn't suggesting you couldn't handle it on your own. it's a team thing. probably.
Well, I'm glad to hear that Stanley lives! And that you're not too busy trying to fix him to show us pretty things :)
I highly recommend the Mac...
I'm glad that Stanley lives. Have fun with all the back ups.
Oh Lordie. My heart is sick for you. I too have Shista and wouldn't recommend it to anyone!
hang in there sweetie pie and think positively - HA. Like that's possible. No really.
Manic Monday ~ Lick
oh, our old computer crashed like the titanic and we lost everything that wasn't backed up as well. Like you about 4 months of data, checkbook all that good stuff! With this computer, I always tell hubbie to backup, he doesn't listen very well though.
BlogHer SmogHer!!
Please, I'm begging you MamaGeek - what kind of camera do you have!!!
I use a Canon Rebel Xt EOS, but I CAN NOT get my lense to focus that close!!! What am I doing wrong??
First, so glad Stanley lives on...
Last spring when my laptop died, I got a new one (with Windows Vista). Within 72 hours the NEW laptop died. Husband had to reload the entire thing. Then the font was all whacky. Finally after talking to someone he got it fixed. But I was ready to just take the whole thing back!
Oh, love the flowers! That deep red in the center is about the color of my red wall in my kitchen (well, my old kitchen).
Sorry for the long a$$ comment!
Yeah, I'm one of the 17 that didn't go. Thank you for NOT posting about it!
Yay! Stanley!
I was home too. I posted grumpily about BlogHer and attended some of the BlogHerNot seminars.
Hope you didn't lose too many photos!
Was Stanley perchance a Compaq Presario?
I didn't go to BlogHer, either, but as you know, I got a little perk in the form of a MacBook. I hope Santa is good to you this year. Maybe?
Like T, I'm wondering what your equipment is as well. New here and love this shot and the others.
The hard drive? Macs ARE awesome. Especially for PS and LR...
I'm checking in from a mac... and it's telling me that you should sell some of your beautiful photos and buy one.
I am so sorry-- that really sucks about your lost stuff. Oh, and there's 18 people that didn't go....
Ok, I must have missed the memo too, because I was NOT at BlogHER either...hum, wondering what's wrong with US???
Hope you are having a HAPPY MONDAY though...
Melissa
I'm glad you are back but I am so sorry you lost so much. :( That hurts.
My flowers are crying too. My inlaws are not very good flower-sitters. ;)
I'm so sorry that you're having to go through this, though I'm delighted to hear that you will slowly get back what you thought you'd lost. And now I have to go back up my data -- except that I laundered my jump drive in my blue jeans pocket. I know. Genius. So I have to get creative. But this is certainly motivation. Good luck with the rest of your retrieval!
The odds? Well when my system crashed, it crashed BECAUSE the back-up software screwed up the system. So no back-ups for way more than 4 months. We had to pay $400 to salvage a little bit of data, and none of it was more recent than 4 months.
I apparently haven't been blogging long enough because I hear almost nothing about Blogher. Or I go to the wrong blogs.
I'm glad you're here taking pictures of flowers that need watering!
Wouldja look at that ~ at least two dozen people on the NON-attendees list! Quite honestly, I was clueless about the whole thing until I read your post. I'm just so in the dark about these sophisticated things, living out in the middle of Canadian nowhere. (and that's WAY out there!!) I'm just pathetically un-hip.
Glad Stanley's up on his feet again!
OMG..what a nigtmare...sorry to hear it...when it rains it pours...I am going to go back up everything tonight...and thanks for the flowers they made me smile. Sending you positive "technical, computer" energy....look upward!! BEST!
I don't think I could bear it if I lost all my data, photo's especially, this is the second time this week I've heard someone say they wished they had a Mac. Must investigate .......
Wow. A backup for the backup. If I crashed I would be up a creek. I don't even know how to back up. Yipes!
Gorgeous photo. And make that one of 18. I had to cancel my trip out this year :(
Next year?
Thank GOD for Stanley. And NO BlogHer posts. ;)
I've still not backed up my data, even with the reminder. I'm begging for disaster, aren't I. And, it's now like I've not had it happen before. Ughh. I'm one of the 17 who didn't attend BlogHer, but all accounts sound terrific. Perhaps I'll reconsider next year?
Don't worry, I didn't go either. I kind of wish I had though, all the posts and stories sound great! But I'm not part of BlogHer, at least not yet.
Anyways, I'm increasingly thankful that I bought an external and have backed up all my information. Especially because of this experience of yours. (I have my photos second copied to cd as well, I just pulled all of those files onto the external, just in case) Beautiful picture though, by the way. Good luck getting everything back to normal. (ps, I HATE Vista. Luckily I still run XP)
Hey, I just posted about Stanely too! Okay, different Stanley.
Macs rock.
When my computer crashed a couple of months ago (due to my lovely daughter) I lost everything. Including a bunch of photos I'll never get back. I was sad. I usually back up my data frequently, but had fallen behind. It's definately karma at work there!
Welcome back to the land of the living Stanley!
What a bummer about your hard drives.
And is it wrong that I am not the ONLY one who wasn't at BlogHer this weekend? Because I am...
And begging to be watered or not, those flowers are beautiful!
Agreed that Vista is garbage. Hope you are able to get everything up and running soon. My next computer is definitely going to be a mac.
I realize you have 5032 comments already, but I couldn't help myself. Don't think you've seen my Beer Goggles? *lovies* Miss you. Bye.
Me want a Mac!!!!
Nice teaser title!
Gotta go back up now . . .
Maybe your laptop got mad that you named it "Stanley."
mac are the best truly, thanks for stopping by.
I'm guessing for the slightly-less-than-frantic tone that no pictures were involved in the debacle?
Yeah, for Stanley! Boo for Vista, er, well, after some harsh words from me, my Vista is running pretty well.
Knock on wood!
Yeah, for Stanley! Boo for Vista, er, well, after some harsh words from me, my Vista is running pretty well.
Knock on wood!
Yep, just talking to hubby about that. I will be backing up stuff this week, x2. Just to be sure. Sorry about your horrid events. That bites.
Thanks for the reminder! I DO need to back up. I am MAC but still.... You never know. Best of luck archiving!
Stanely has arisen from the dead?! All right!
I didn't go to that blog conference, either.....
Welcome back Stanley!
That stinks! I hope things get better soon and I also was not at BlogHer. I am hoping to be there next year though. Wait! I think I said that last year!
YAY Stanley. And eeks to the not backed up pics....
And I was one of the 17 also. Big crowds aren't my thing, so....
Glad to hear that Stanley is okay. Sorry about the lack of back up...
I didn't BlogHer either. Count me among the 17.
Did you read Rima's post about her Mac love? Did it fuel your desire? I thought so.
Oh Nos! I just backed up my external to our new computer that I don't use. I was way overdue in that!
And I didn't go to Blogher either...so you're not the only one. :)