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The ONLY time this has happened to me was my first semester of graduate school. I was writing an end-of-term paper -- you know, one of those 30 page monsters -- and I decided to try out some word processing software that came highly recommended by one of my Mac buddies.
I'd written all 30 pages and was completing the bibliography when I got a system bomb (the Mac OS equivalent of Windows' "blue screen of death"). The paper was due in an hour, and it took about that long to get from my apartment to campus. I wanted to CRY!!
I ended up having to wipe my entire system folder. Thank HEAVEN for Norton Utilities, because it found 98% of my paper -- except for the last few pages and the bibliography. I ended up uninstalling the offending word processing app and went right back to Microsoft Word after that... and I've never looked back!
Now I archive in progress projects on Zip disks. At the end of a project and/or at the end of a school year, I archive my papers on CD-ROMs. I also back up my e-mail on CD about twice a year (I get and send lots of mail). I optimize monthly, and I rebuild my desktop weekly. Since then, my Mac hardly ever gives me any trouble. I love my little blue baby!
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