Comments on: A to Z Challenge: Y is for Yelling at your Computer https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/ Mon, 02 May 2016 13:43:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-399 Mon, 02 May 2016 13:43:53 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-399 In reply to Amy in TX.

Fireproof? You don’t mess around! That must have been scary to have your hard drive fail on you. I’m glad you were able to recover your files in the end though. 🙂

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-398 Mon, 02 May 2016 13:39:31 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-398 In reply to Sheila Good.

I was just thinking that myself when our database server crashed at the end of the A to Z Challenge and they were working to recover everyone’s files. I would have lost about 16 blog posts that were written, but that I haven’t posted yet. The frustration would have been great if that had happened. Luckily, it didn’t 🙂

]]> By: Amy in TX https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-397 Mon, 02 May 2016 02:51:16 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-397 I back up my files on an EHD monthly and store the drive in a fireproof safe rated for media storage. I had a hard drive failure and was able to recover a lot of files due to haphazard backups in various places, but vowed to never let that happen again. It seems like a lesson everyone ends up having to learn the hard way.

]]> By: Sheila Good https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-396 Sun, 01 May 2016 22:08:02 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-396 Great advice. I have backups in ICloud and Dropbox. If I ever lost them, I think I’d hang up my hat. this old gal couldn’t take the shock.

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-395 Sun, 01 May 2016 17:20:05 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-395 In reply to Jennifer Shelby.

You are too funny! I can understand your hesitation about the cloud platforms. I suppose if someone wanted to hack enough, they could probably get just about anything they wanted. At least we’d get exposure as you said!

]]> By: Jennifer Shelby https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-394 Sun, 01 May 2016 15:24:16 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-394 I use thumb drives and keep hard copies of everything stashed away in case of zombie-attack/EMP/insert-apocalypse-trope-here. I’m wary of cloud platforms, but it’s not like I’m J.K. Rowling and hackers are hunting for my unpublished, unheard-of new novel to sell in some troll-infested web market and cost me millions of imaginary dollars while creating a massive underground fan base. 😉 In fact, if they’re listening, they should just contact me because that kind of exposure sounds awesome!

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-393 Sun, 01 May 2016 14:28:44 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-393 In reply to BarbCT.

That is heartbreaking! If only technology were full proof. I’m glad to hear you finished the project your photos were intended for though! My dad was working with a family tree program and had put in copious hours of work when something my brother did wiped the entire file out and was also unrecoverable. He’s since put much of the information back in, but I’m sure his heart dropped to the floor when he heard the news.

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-392 Sun, 01 May 2016 14:20:06 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-392 In reply to Bhawna Saini.

It usually takes having a scare to realize the importance of backing up files. We put so much work into our projects, why wouldn’t we want to make sure they were safe from deletion?

]]> By: Bhawna Saini https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-391 Sun, 01 May 2016 10:40:05 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-391 I never took backing up files seriously until one day an adware infected my website and a clean backup was required to get rid of it. I learned it the hard way. I don’t take backups often, but I am regular.
@bhawnasaini_yml from Yellow Mellow Life

]]> By: BarbCT https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yelling-at-your-computer/#comment-390 Sun, 01 May 2016 04:38:15 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=491#comment-390 I save mine on an external terabyte drive, as well as saving photos and docs on Dropbox. I learned the hard way several years ago when my computer cashed without any warning and the files were unrecoverable. I lost hundreds of vintage photos I had gathered from relatives, scanned and returned. Fortunately, I had completed the project they were needed for, but the loss of all those photos of my mother, especially, still hurts.

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