Today, I tried to open the research paper I've been working on for the past month, only to discover that the entire file is permanently lost and can't be recovered. This is not the first time this has happened to this paper. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while trying to document another unfair incident, as well as suspected fraud in my toxic work environment, I accidentally replaced months of text in my document with a single period. Cloud backup saved over the actual note I needed. Months of diligence gone and I'll probably continue to be stepped on. FML
Today, I went to turn in a coding project a few days early. After months of working on a code and saving backups, everything is gone or corrupted. I have to start from square one and turn it in less than 48 hours from now. FML
Today, my computer crashed and lost all of its data while I was making a back up. FML
Today, I was writing a huge paper for a class as our last grade. My dog starts scratching himself. He hit the power button on the computer. Nothing was saved. FML
Today, after retyping a 22-page report for work because the orginal had gone missing, i realized I had used a different laptop the first time. I now have 2 copies of the same report, both of which are late. FML
Today, I finally finished my 500 page manuscript and so went out to buy some paper to print it off. I get back home and find out my dad has infected my computer with a virus and the only way to save it was to wipe the hard drive, which he did. That script took me a year and I have no backup. FML
Today, I was busy writing my English final paper and all of a sudden my computer just chose to freeze. I thought Microsoft Word would save it, but alas, 4 pages down the dumpster. Plus my earphones stopped working and I can't afford to buy a new pair. FML
Today, I was trying to show my mother how much detail I'd put into a group project that I had to present tomorrow. I then deleted the project, thinking that I was just removing it from my phone. Everyone's research and my three days of hard work went with it. FML
Today, I was wrapping up a 30+ hour commission when a software bug caused my main layer to delete itself. There doesn't appear to be any way I can restore it. FML
Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML
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jimmie505 0
backup?
akallaan 7
Get a new computer or make sure you save to the right file?
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Comments (109)
GammaPaladin 0
FFS, make backups. It doesn't matter whether you're doing it on a computer or by hand with a pencil, you make backup copies of anything you have to put in that kind of time on. Period.
JokeMeister 0
Once wasn't enough, huh?!
j3rkf4c3 0
they invented these fancy things called CD-R, then they invented this other thing called DVD-R and then they invented this thing called flash drives did i mention that you can EMAIL documents to yourself and have them accessible virtually everywhere in the world? you're a dummy.
ranger159 6
YDI for not making copies the first time. It's not that hard.
zebrapattern 6
then why didn't you learn from last time?
KHRYS_K 0
Use google.doc... U will never lose a paper because it saves once you stop typing.
Arya1990 7
FYL, OP, that sucks. But YDI for not learning the first time.
itzgiimo 1
opening the file by pressing delete?
kesulli27 6
That sucks, but if you're working on something that is that important and that time consuming, you should always back it up. Especially if this is the second time this has happened to you...
TheOpt1onal 2
There may be a virus or bug in your drive. Backup everything you know that isn't affected, then format reset.