Also, there is this one super infuriating thing that happened to me (and it's totally my fault) and if one more person gives me sh*t for it, I'm going to scream.
...My hard drive crashed.
...My hard drive crashed.
The hard drive that held all of my photos and videos of Lulu's first year.
The one that had the album of all her "firsts" so I could make a Year One photo album right after her first birthday.
The one that had the album of all her "firsts" so I could make a Year One photo album right after her first birthday.
The one that I hadn't backed up to my external hard drive in over, oh.... 11 months or so.
So, on the morning of Luisa's first birthday, when my computer wouldn't boot up and there was a horrible clicking noise coming from the hard drive (*gasp* platters were off, for you techies.) And I lost it. Tears, shaking, clenched fists, the works. Then, because I was afraid to find out that I did actually lose the photos and videos that were most dear to me, I proceeded to do nothing with my laptop for three solid months. Three months of no photo editing software or a computer that would accept my SD card. Three months of not taking my nice camera places because I couldn't do anything with the photos anyway.
In some ways it was liberating. We took Lulu to the aquarium for the first time and while I snapped some cell phone pics of her, I wasn't distracted playing with the settings on my fancy camera trying to capture the perfect shot.
Well, I finally bit the bullet, I followed a lovely YouTube tutorial instructing me how to remove my hard drive. I ordered a new solid state drive (thanks friends, for all of your sound advice during this process) and sent my sad HD off to a recovery company to see what files could be restored.
About two weeks and $800 later, it looks like I'll be able to get most of my stuff back. I really wouldn't wish this experience on my worst enemy and if you learn anything from this blog post, it's that backing up your files is important. I can tell you from experience that you won't realize just how important it is until your stomach drops to the floor and you think everything is gone.
Well, I finally bit the bullet, I followed a lovely YouTube tutorial instructing me how to remove my hard drive. I ordered a new solid state drive (thanks friends, for all of your sound advice during this process) and sent my sad HD off to a recovery company to see what files could be restored.
About two weeks and $800 later, it looks like I'll be able to get most of my stuff back. I really wouldn't wish this experience on my worst enemy and if you learn anything from this blog post, it's that backing up your files is important. I can tell you from experience that you won't realize just how important it is until your stomach drops to the floor and you think everything is gone.
Oh I've been there. I didn't have baby photos, but it was years of photos that had never been backed up. I was stressed/crying girl at the Apple store genius bar sign in. Glad you got most of your stuff back!
ReplyDeleteI think everyone reading this can relate in some way to this "never gonna happen to me until it does humbling lesson learned!!" Me- $300 to recover three chapters of my doctoral dissertation!!
ReplyDeleteOh man, that was a $300 well spent! Thank goodness it could be recovered! I can't imagine... I nearly cry when I lose an draft email that's only a few paragraphs long!
DeleteWell spent indeed! And yes there were tears, teeth gnashing, whaling, prayers, and promises to saints!! I offered to pay for a full day spa experience for the tech that worked with me and talked me down off the ledge!! We settled on my promise to back, back, back everything up & email important drafts to myself and everyone I could trust. The spa would have been worth every cent!! Glad you were able to retrieve the precious memories of Lulu's 1st year!!
DeleteHappy to know you got your most of stuff back.
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