The importance of doing backups

[Borde]

Hello everyone.
I was working on Kimera a few minutes ago until my computer sudenly froze. I rebooted my computer and found out that the main module of kimera has... well... vanished. I've been writing that file for over a year and now... it's lost. I thought I was safe after switching from the old nasty FAT32 system but you see, It looks like you are never safe.
I haven't got any copy of that damn file. It contained about 50% of the code, the most important functions. And now I must rewrite it from scratch...
So guys, learn from my mistake: never trust your filesystem. Make backups periodically.
I must... go to the bed. Tomorrow will be a new day.
See you.

[MagiMaster]

Well, that sucks.  A year's worth of data, gone.

It probably wouldn't have fit, but that's why I keep all my important files on my flash drive.

At least you didn't explode about your ill fortune, like L. Spiro...

[knives]

Im sure there is a way to get it back.

In my law enforcement class people (pedophiles) have massive "collection" on their PC.
If they think they are going to get caught, they delete it. All of it.

But the cops still have MANY ways to recover deleted information.

Im sure there is a way to get your file back.

try this site

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

[RPGillespie]

The creator of Ctrl-Alt-Delete comics once deleted his external hard drive partition, and lost his comic archive. He recovered it with this tool, which he swears by.

http://diskinternals.com/


Just go to google and type "file recovery"

[Borde]

It's no use. The file itself didn't got deleted. It simply was filled with 0's.
Well, time to get back to the work.