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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tuntis 0

FYL, http://mozy.com/

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boatkicker 4

If it was 3 days worth of novel that got deleted, that's excuseable. Three weeks worth? thats fine too. I backup monthly, on the first of the month. I know what its like to lose an entire months worth of work. Computer crashed on the last of the month, the day before I was going to backup my stuff again. Lost 89 pages of one novel, plus the first few hundred words of a few other new ideas i had kicking around. Even if it was 3 months worth of work I'd understand. I know some people that back up every 6 months. But really, if you dont back up at least that often then my pity level drops. However, if it's your first time I sorta understand. We learn best from experience. I started backing my stuff up after my cat deleted one fo ym stories prancing across teh keyboard when I was 12. OP: that sucks. How much was it you lost, anyways?

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iGreen_Day 0

Really? I hope you put a cap in that bitch's ass, IRA style >.>

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daydreambeliever 0

Only if it's Protestant.

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hbk2369 0

Use a program like Recuva to try to recover the deleted files (if it's a PC).

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Westy543 0

@72: I concur. Use Recuva and get it back.

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manoverboard 0

That's why I put my book on fictionpress.com. :]

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boatkicker 4

The problem witht hat it is that most publishers will not look at something aleady pubished on the internet. It's not a formal publishing, ut its still there for people to read, and for searches to index, etc. If OP was planning on publishing fictionpress is not the way to go. If you're not planning on publishing and just want to write it then by all means, go fictionpress. I go there now and then with short stories. :)

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Qup 0

BACKUP anything of any importance.

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fashionistabec 0

You deserve it if A) You arn't smart enough to backup on an external drive and B) You arn't smart enough to know that anything can be recovered.

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fashionistabec 0

While aren't is the correct conjugation of the words are and not, arn't is a common shorthand version of aren't and in my field of work I use shorthand constantly throughout my work week. So, when I am in a hurry I sometimes use shorthand instead of the full word, even if unintentionally. I apologize that you think that the use of shorthand is akin to not backing up an entire novel where someone else could not destroy it and also not having the good sense to even search for "file recovery".

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ohnoyouDINT 0

Funny, omitting one letter to save time, but posting an entire reply to justify doing so.

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fashionistabec 0

On that instance I did not do it to save time, I did it out of habit.

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MSuzanneL 0

Face it guys..you can't win. This chick's got you beat

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dienda 0

YDI it for stealing your parents' attention. He was there first.

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Austinw80 0

Hmm.. Someone needs to make a Mediafire account.

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summer66_fml 0

WOW.......that SUCKS!!!! i sre you can find some computer savvy guy to retrace it on your harddrive

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