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jamesmishler · Post by **jamesmishler** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:45 am

I am cursed. Truly, cursed.

My computer crashed today; for the final time, it seems. I'm going to try to get a second opinion, but it looks like I'll probably lose everything I worked on since the last major backup... for AGP stuff, that means mid-March!

Well, except for Tell Qa, thank goodness. I backed that sucker up multiple times, every freaking day. However, as I can't do my final edit on it at work (which is where I am posting this from), it might be a few days before I can get another computer up and running, get the final edit done, and send it off to Peter. Puts me a couple days behind, but everything should still fit in the timeline. I will, however, probably lose the last few extra bits I set aside for future expansion on Tell Qa, as I didn't back up the "cut stuff" folder for a week... I meant to before I left for GTS, but never got around to it, dammit.

Also fortunately (after a fashion) as I'd been working feverishly to get Tell Qa done before GTS, I hadn't worked on anything else since early March, which means everything else should be backed up OK. And then, I'm not 100% sure I've lost everything on the hard drive yet; gotta see what can be recovered.

Now to just find another computer... the thing that really sucks about this is if I have to buy a new one, it means I have to get Vista, which makes XP seem like freaking heaven, from what I've heard. Maybe I'll just go with a Mac, though I dunno if I can afford to buy a whole new production suite, too (though I probably have to do that for Vista, as well... grrrr...)
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:47 am

Wow, tough, tough break man. Here's hoping things start to turn around soon. Best luck, good sir.

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malchidael · Post by **malchidael** » Mon May 07, 2007 1:07 am

jamesmishler wrote:
I am cursed. Truly, cursed.

Now to just find another computer... the thing that really sucks about this is if I have to buy a new one, it means I have to get Vista, which makes XP seem like freaking heaven, from what I've heard. Maybe I'll just go with a Mac, though I dunno if I can afford to buy a whole new production suite, too (though I probably have to do that for Vista, as well... grrrr...)

There are still computers out there with XP. You just have to know where to look.

Most brick & mortar PC stores will have closeout PC's, as well as not-the-most-recent-build PC's with XP. www.newegg.com (as well as many other online vendors - I'm just familiar with newegg) has some. Pretty much any place that stocks pre-built PC's (instead of pseudo-custom-build places like Dell) will still have stock with XP either on, or going to closeout soon.

My new laptop came with Vista, but I found a few of the same model that still had XP that were actually a couple hundred dollars cheaper (and came with a free upgrade to Vista Home Premium).

Having said that, Mac's are nifty, too. I almost went Mac, but I ended up getting a super-keen Acer G1 and am more than happy. $2000 poorer, but happy

jamesmishler · Post by **jamesmishler** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:11 am

We were able to recover the computer and the data; it was not as severe as it first appeared.

The Tell Qa maps are off to Peter, and I'm doing the final edit on the ms.

Wahoo!
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Emryys · Post by **Emryys** » Mon May 07, 2007 5:57 am

Good news!
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:27 am

Cool. Glad to hear it wasn't lost or anything.

malchidael · Post by **malchidael** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:54 pm

Cool!

You know, you can feel free to email me all your files on a regular basis. Off-site backups are the safest!

(yes, I am just kidding)

Zudrak · Post by **Zudrak** » Wed May 09, 2007 1:46 pm

I am also glad to hear the good news!
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