Nag-harakiri ang flash drive ko
How would you feel if a device you rely on for everything suddenly stopped working? And what would you do if you found out that there was no way to repair the device and retrieve the invaluable information stored in it? And what would you do upon realizing that you have to work on certain documents from scratch? Paksyet diba?!!! (FYI: Paksyet is the Filipino version of "fuck" and "shit," combined.) Parang magugunaw ang mundo mo. (It's as if your world would soon come to an end.)OA na kung OA (a Filipino acronym for overacting), but that's exactly what I felt when I found out my flash drive stopped working. The last time I used it was on Thursday the 2nd, after I taught my class at the community college. Heck, I even saved my lecture notes for this week, my attendance records, and exams loaned to me by my roommate, who taught the same class in the Fall of 2004. I did that right before I left the office.
And then the blasted thing suddenly stopped working. Good thing I thought of using my flash drive over the weekend, so I immediately found out that it had committed harakiri. On Sunday the 5th, I couldn't access the internet from my apartment for the nth time, so I decided to go to my school (a 10 minute walk from where I live). I passed by my office and found out that my computer didn't recognize my flash drive. Since I have a pretty funky computer, I didn't worry about it yet--that is, until I got home and found out that even my Jurassic laptop did not recognize my flash drive. I stayed up till 4:30AM or so in an attempt to fix the damn thing, but it was all for naught. Yesterday, I had to take care of some business (read: red tape) at the community college, so I decided to check if my computer there would at least recognize my flash drive. No such luck. I got the same error messages that I obtained when I plugged my flash drive into my laptop. Sure enough, when I went to Best Buy, I found out that a piece of my flash drive (the silver thingy you plug into the USB port of your computer) had gotten disconnected from the main unit. And there was no way to fix the bloody thing.
So I've officially lost the final copy of my master's thesis (which I'm presenting at several conferences and which I'm trying to publish, besides), articles about the women's prison in the Philippines where I used to volunteer and files of the cases of several inmates, and some pictures of my recent vacation in the Philippines. I've also lost important documents for one of my classes, like the most updated version of my syllabus, all my lecture notes, the attendance records I have to submit, and the exams I "borrowed" from my roommate. I don't even want to think about the other important files I might have lost along the way.
Thank God I have backups of my syllabus and pictures and my roommate's exams. I also have hard copies of my thesis and lecture notes. And I can always retrieve surf the internet to obtain the information about the women's prison and the cases of my friends (which I want to keep on file, just in case these might come in handy in the near future). But it will be a bitch to retype several chapters of my thesis and the attendance record for one of my classes, which is due soon. Waaah!
I'm just hoping and praying my new flash drive won't commit harakiri anytime soon.
found herself @ 10:45 PM
11 Comments:
sorry to hear about your loss :( alam ko mahirap magsimula ulit pero kaya mo yan. if you can't do it, no one can. hehe, parang tao eh.
tip lang. i save my programs on my flash kasi kahit saan nadadala ko sha. pero i always have back-up files sa pc namin at sa pc ni mama so kahit mag-crash any one of them, may copy pa rin ako. i learned the hard way kasi yung isa kong program sa school, nabura ng buyset kong teacher. sa madaling salita, yung pinaghirapan ko ng 2 months, inaraw-araw ko para makahabol ako sa end of class. 2 1/2 weeks akong bangag. ang sakit ng ulo, likod, lubot at mga fingers ko.
so yun. mag back-up ka. ;)
sis natawa naman ako sa title ng entry, pero in fairness di nakakatawa ang nangyari, ako yan maloloka din ako. oh well hope ur vacation here was great. ingats!
epekto lang yata eto ng nakaraang post mo ...^^peace my lady ...peace^^
nag-a-adjust pa lang uli ang concentration mo kaya. hehehe
ala akong gaanong masabi jan, iba linya ko :)
okies, baka tulog ka na ...may dala nga akong 3 kumot, tatlo...drei...alam mo na ibig sabihin no'n ...hanapin ko pa si kupido baka may mapanang ka-blind date mo. lol
nyakz.. ang sakit naman nyan..:( laban padin sa pagcrash ng hard drive ko.. san ka fha??!! anyways.. link exchange pala tayo hehehe..
Brown Eyes: Thanks for your concern, support, and advice. Yup, I'll remember to back up ALL my files from now on. Ingat ka!
Amgine: Hehe, oo nga, muntikan na akong mabuang...JOKE! :) Thanks for your note. I enjoyed my vacation there and I miss home terribly, WAAAH :(
Mommy Neng: Bwahahahahaha :) Abot ba hanggang diyan ang tawa ko? Hehe :) Salamat sa tatlong kumot *wink* Ginamit ko kaagad.
Pakisabi kay Kupido lumipad siya sa Pinas at panain niya ang crush ko, haha. Ingat po . *Mwah*
Ish: Talaga? Condolence sa pag-crash ng hard drive mo. Mas masakit ang nangyari sa 'yo, kapatid . Btw, salamat sa dalaw. Sige, link exchange tayo. Ingats!
Sorry to hear that. I guess the flash was not the one who did the hara kiri, I presume it was you.
Moral of the story, "There is no perfect thing in this world, human or machine. In short, BACK-UP, BACK UP or save it somewhere else."
In my case, aside from saving them in my pc, sa net ko inisi-save mga drafts ko, mostly sa e-mail accts ko. Di ba tipid ka na sa space at the same time reliable pa ang mga ito at accessible pa everywhere.
Myepinoy: Yup, I learned my lesson the hard way. Thanks for your suggestion--it makes plenty of sense. And thanks for dropping by my blog. Come back!
i wouldn't want to be in your place at the moment. just the thought of of losing the files of the paper i am working on right now gives me goose bumps!
i think i'd better save it on a cd... :-D
Doc Nikki: Oo nga...hehe :) Sa sobrang ka-praningan ko pagkatapos maglaho ang aking flash drive, I've been backing things up on a CD or elsewhere.
lol. napuruhan ka ha!
Dons: Thanks for the tip! Ingats rin
Fay: What does "napuruhan" mean? Pasensya na, Bisaya man ko , haha :)
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