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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I just lost a paper that was due tonight. I have learned that my disc had bad sectors. A SF just passed on some helpful tips about discs and saving and storage that had I known last night or 10:30 this morning I might not be creating this thread.
This thread is for you to share your computer experiences and handy tips for others.
I will share my story later after I have cooled off.
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Straight BOS said everything I was going to tell you...This same thing has happened to me
on numerous occasions, while using a different computer each time!!! Once, when I was living in the dorms on my campus, I was re-typing my 13-page midterm paper the night before it was due, and my disk somehow got
re-formatted from IBM to MAC!!!
I was HIGHLY pissed!!
Luckily--no that wasn't luck it was God looking out for me--I had written it longhand before I decided to type it up...
Basically, save
often (even if you are using MS Word b/c sometimes it doesn't recover
everything you typed before it went haywire (this happenned before too)...save on a disk AND on your C drive...I've never used the zip disk, b/c nothing I'm doing is THAT important at this point in my academic career (and I'm too lazy to experiment w/ how & why, etc. to use them), but my Mom uses them and they work for her...
Feel Better CT4--say it w/ me: "You are Not Alone..."