Panic? Me? I don't Panic ... AHHHHHHH!

[genlisae]

So my MP3 player glitched again last night. That's always fun. Completely erased itself.  I was kind of grumpy about that but it is probably time for a new one anyway, it won't hold a charge very long anymore.

Then we lost electric for a few minutes. Some sort of power surge thing, not really a big deal right?

Wrong!

The laptop was plugged in directly to the wall socket at the time.

The laptop no longer works.

I have a lot of Pleasantries related stuff on the laptop that is not on my desktop. Queue the whole "Yeah, but you make back-ups, Kate." motivational speech trying to convince me all is not lost.

They are right! I do make back-ups, all the damn time I make back-ups. I had back-ups. In temporary storage on my MP3 player because there was no point in copying it to my Desktop when I am about to reformat the harddrive ...

Chapter 5.6 only existed on the laptop and the MP3 player.

Right now, I am really hoping it is not the laptop harddrive that is dead. REALLY hoping.

Right now though I have to go to work. :(

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[debbycus.livejournal.com]

D: I thought that shitty electricity like that was the trademark of my country. The only consolation I can afford is that electricity doesn't seem to be consistent. About a year ago, my motherboard and HD both got fried, but that doesn't have to mean that it's the same with you. Yes, I am hopeful.

Also, even if your HD fails to remain responsive, there are labs that can copy the data from it physically. It costs a lot, but if there were important stuff on it, maybe it is worth it.

Still, fingers crossed!