By frustrated - 05/08/2009 20:30 - Ireland

Today, my brother deleted all traces of the novel I've been working on for three years from my laptop. The reason? When I was born I "stole all of Mum and Dad's attention." He's 24. FML
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redbluegreen 40

In return, put a pillow over his face because "He's sucking up all the good air. "

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aback 4

Delete that ****** from your life. If he hasn't got over it by now, he never will.

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Me27 0

Yeah - backups, for sure. And printing. And emailing to oneself. You can even create a whole separate email account just for that purpose. Flash drives, external hard drives, safes, floppies even... I mean, come on.

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thepunisher_fml 0

See this is exactly why you should save your stuff on a flash drive or something

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Nometet 0

I believe you can still get it back if you do a system restore - I believe this returns all files to how they were on a specific date. Don't take my word for it, but it's better to check than to sit around feeling like shit.

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akiro525 3

i think you should put his name down, for the human depopulation list.

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wellinever 5

Another learning experience. There's a reason why businesses invest so much time and money in back-up technology. If you are doing any work on your own PC that you would be devastated to lose, take regular back-ups. If you don't want to buy a commercial package you could simply burn your working folder onto a CD every week. You can always re-install software, it's the data you created that you need to save.

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Rixxieee 0

YDI for being so idiotic you didn't back any of it up.

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FreddyLunch 0

It says that the brother deleted ALL traces, for all you know they backed it up in many places.

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zargon 1

If he did proper off-site backups, there is no way his brother could have touched them. The fact that his brother did delete all traces necessarily means that he didn't have proper backups.

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Bedford_Sparkz 0

If i was you i would just punch your brother until he gets the message, get a baseball bat or brass knuckles if you have to!

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musu_fml 0

To all those saying "maybe the OP did back it up"; it doesn't count as a backup if it's on the SAME COMPUTER. There's no reason not to have a dirt cheap USB memory stick on your keychain and keep a copy on there.

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kewl92 0

oh man, that sucks so hard. your brother's a moron. may I suggest never talking to him again? and everyone who clicked YDI are assholes.

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ohnoyouDINT 0

Geek Squad will charge you $80 an hour for a $10 an hour tech whose last job was at Taco Bell. Take it to someone who knows how to locate the on button.

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