I am mourning the loss of many things right now. I keep telling myself that losing data from a computer is nothing compared to what the victims of Katrina lost, but it doesn't soothe me much.
I miss the files of poetry that I had saved over a several year period. The rubberstamp graphics, the old emails, the list clips of funny, useful, and/or memorable comments made by my friends from far away. I miss the calendar that kept me oriented, the addressbook that kept me connected, and the list of Favorites on my browser.
Most of all, I miss the sense of trust that is now gone. The person I paid to install the CDRW drive so I could make backups was supposed to know what he was doing. He also put a "good" AVS program on. It was so bogus that it left my hard drive infected and ruined.
I find myself now printing a lot of things that I previously would have just saved. The last thing I need around here is more printed matter, but I'm not taking any more chances for now.
And yes, I have made more backups. And I have new security software that covers not only email and Internet virus problems, but other issues as well. And I use them.
But I'm stll mourning.
Bright Blessings,
Spiral Crone
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posted by Spiral Crone -- 11:08 PM.
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Goodbye, files of my stuff
