When computers go bad...
Not a good day yesterday. My computer had been making weird clicking noises over the weekend but it seemed OK when I wrote in the morning. Disaster struck in the afternoon when the clicking re-commenced followed by the blue wall of death. This is when Windows sends a message of doom. Mine was: ‘Windows is shutting down to prevent further damage to your computer as your files have been corrupted.’
I didn’t panic too much at that point. My hard drive has been corrupted before and I’ve always managed to get my files back. This time it doesn’t look as if I can though. Computer Guy says No, he thinks everything has been wiped. Everything. Now you’d think an experienced writer would have the common sense to save stuff on to a memory stick at least, right? You’d think…
So it’s back to my laptop until a new hard drive arrives. Meanwhile I wait until I have confirmation that all my files – i.e. all my books, all my school notes, all my unfinished stories have been lost forever. LOL!!