Metropol

If your computer was suddenly hit by lightning right now ( lets just say the hard-drives would be fried, circuits melted etc.) what would you be most gutted about losing forever?

Me...

The vast collection of songs I've downloaded and ripped
My 3GB of internet porn movies
My 20GB of dowloaded shows like The Simpsons, Family guy etc.
My work (production music, sfx, dry voiceovers etc.)
The 25MB of Metropol/TV Forum pisstakes over the years
My Photos folder featuring pics of naked ex-girlfriends
The nicked & installed software I have such as PS, Flash, Audition, Cakewalk, ProTools

How about you?

After several experiences like the one you describe, I've found that almost everything - apart from the most personal things - is recoverable if you start your downloading again.

Personal pictures and creative work is impossible to replace, so that should be the thing you back up.

Software, porno and music is all out there waiting to be found on the net.

Of course if you have it all backed up then you wouldn't worry about losing it.

I have a desktop and a laptop, which back each other up, and an external hard drive as another back up.

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Jamez wrote: The 25MB of Metropol/TV Forum pisstakes over the years

Can't we have another thread dedicated to them?

Everything on my F Drive, and I've lived it. Stupid Microsoft bastards!

J.Christie wrote:Everything on my F Drive, and I've lived it. Stupid Microsoft bastards!

You're not a stupid bastard yourself then for not backing it up?

marksi wrote:

J.Christie wrote:Everything on my F Drive, and I've lived it. Stupid Microsoft bastards!

You're not a stupid bastard yourself then for not backing it up?

Actually that was a backup hard drive. It had all of my data on iy without having to save all my things onto a disk when reformatting.

I'm only 13, why can't Microsoft be more clearer?

Never mind

Why can't you be clearer more like?

You're only 13? Big deal.

I'm only 14, I built the tower I'm using now and I build PC's for friends and family for money.

Luke-H wrote:Why can't you be clearer more like?

You're only 13? Big deal.

I'm only 14, I built the tower I'm using now and I build PC's for friends, and family for money.

I think that comma makes it look funny. Perhaps it's all this time off getting to me.

Luke-H wrote:Why can't you be clearer more like?

You're only 13? Big deal.

I'm only 14, I built the tower I'm using now and I build PC's for friends and family for money.

I know about IT, but not the technical stuff. Stupid British schools only teach kids how to use Word and how to make charts.