Thursday, April 3, 2014

D is for Dead, Dead, Deadsky

On Monday, my computer failed to project my lesson to my high-tech Promethean Board; so, I did what we're told to do: I turned off my computer. This would have been great had the machine turned back on. Nope. I poked, tapped, and held the button down for an insane amount of time, but the computer is dead, dead, deadsky. Luckily, I just backed it up last week. Even still, I lost part of today's lesson and had to hustle to rewrite it. Technology is great when it works, but when it doesn't . . .




Word of advice: 


BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER, NOW!
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14 comments:

  1. Mary PurpariApril 3, 2014 at 8:35 PM

    Very good advice. I discovered the validity of that action when I didn't back up, and I had to redo an entire translation. Aurgh!!!!!!


    http://marypurpari.blogspot.com/

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  2. UnknownApril 3, 2014 at 8:43 PM

    Ya know, seriously, I should do this right now, but it's bed-time... I do have an online site for my writing though, so I won't lose anything important. :)

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  3. UnknownApril 3, 2014 at 10:18 PM

    I agree with you. I have a program and everything gets backed up daily.

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  4. Debbie D. April 3, 2014 at 11:55 PM

    Excellent advice. Sorry you had such difficulties, Joyce.
    "D" is for DELPHI

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  5. Rhonda AlbomApril 4, 2014 at 6:49 AM

    Thank goodness you backed up. I can relate, only mine didn't turn back on after I spilled a cup of coffee on it.

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  6. Optimistic ExistentialistApril 4, 2014 at 7:33 AM

    Computer issues can be so frustrating. Maybe it's just taking a long nap!!

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  7. ErinApril 4, 2014 at 9:03 AM

    Technology never fails to make life difficult, even though its supposed to make it easier!

    From AtoZ at The Five Dog Blog

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  8. AnonymousApril 4, 2014 at 9:48 AM

    Lucky that you had just done a back up! We need to do ours more often. (Just stopping by on the A to Z challenge.)

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  9. JinkyApril 4, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    We have the same topic ...sorta ..in the vicinity (mine is death). Anyway, how lame am I? I don't remember how to back up. Guess I'll have some Googling later. --Glad you were able to retrieve most of your work.

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  10. JinkyApril 4, 2014 at 10:30 AM

    We have the same topic ...sorta ..in the vicinity (mine is death). Anyway, how lame am I? I don't remember how to back up. Guess I'll have some Googling later. --Glad you were able to retrieve most of your work.

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  11. AnonymousApril 4, 2014 at 12:54 PM

    Very good advice and thank God you backed it up last week! Technology is wonderful, but it can fail from time to time.

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  12. BinkyApril 4, 2014 at 9:51 PM

    I always tell people to back up their data, because sooner or later you'll end up having a hard drive crash on you. But no one ever thinks it'll happen to them.

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  13. LA BotcharApril 4, 2014 at 11:10 PM

    thanks for the reminder! and I haven't backed up my blog in awhile either.
    I remember when our old one died - we lost so many pictures of our firstborn. thankfully we had transferred most of them to CD already.

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  14. mail4roseyApril 5, 2014 at 7:28 AM

    gah, I hate when the computer goes on the fritz. Thank goodness you backed it up.

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