ARGH!

[cornerofmadness]

Word Perfect lost the 2000 words I just typed in for my nanomo novel. It shows me saving at noon which I did before I went to work but NONE of the changes were saved. Am contemplating drowning the computer in the pool.

Comments

[aaronlisa.livejournal.com]

the only problem with that is this: can you afford to replace said computer?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

sadly no so the Dell POS gets to live

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Oh sweetheart! That's... so not good.

I once lost a whole chapter of my Master's thesis. Just gone when I tried saving it. I was in such an altered state of consciousness from the shock of it, I sat down and started retyping everything I could think of from memory. Not the same words, not quite all the same thoughts, but I didn't stop typing until I'd written a whole new chapter.

Nowadays, I back up everything and make copies of everything like a maniac. I've had this happen once too many times.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Ouch. On the thesis no less. Luckily I tend to write hard copyu first and typing it's my first edit. I have it all but not the little things I added. I can't believe it. I saved it before spellchecking (always because spell check loves to crash the document especially if you failed to save it), saved it after the word count, there were timed back ups and when I close out of WP it always asks you if you wnat to save if you didn't before trying to close. So I know it was saved. WHY it didn't actually do it? Shrug. This computer and I hate each other.

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

You definitely need a new computer or new software. That kind of oversensitivity is just intolerable.

But I'm sure you know all that and would do it if you could. I really hated having to spend all my time coddling a machine that was supposed to work for me rather than the other way around.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yep. All computers hate me. No seriously. Three hard drives crashed around me this year alone at work. My friends won't let me use their computer. I can't wear watches either. THe batteries tend to instantly drain or they run backwards.

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Ok that's another problem entirely!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yeah I tend to just be a problem.