My external hard drive, which held all of My Documents for the last 10 years crashed, hard.  I tried the "freeze it and recover data in 20 minute segments" trick and that didn't work.  I am SO screwed.  If there is a bright side all of my programs are intact, as is my email.  I just have to deal with the loss of every graphic project, music project, web design project, personal pictures, writing, etc. for the last 10 years.

This WAS my backup drive, but as my MyDocuments grew large on my internal HD, I needed more space, particularly for the video rendering that was required for the promotional videos for Bounding Main.  I know I should  have installed another external HD as a backup, but in waiting for the prices to go down and freeing up cash after nearly $1,000 in surprise car repairs and all of the other monthly expenses I put it off too long. 

I will turn the drive over to the computer consultant that works for my employer; hopefully they have something in their bag of tricks that will work.  I know there are companies that expressly recover failed hard drives, but I just can't afford that expense on top of everything else.  What a freaking catastrophe.

Tags: computer failure, crashed hard drive
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