Have you ever lost something very important in the time of need? (1 Viewer)

[Miz Janani]

For example, today i lost my USB. Which had ever single assignment on it, so i have to restart everything all over again. I'm just lucky that i had my summary notes printed out and that my assignments aren't due until next term so i have time to restart them..

But have you ever lost something when you really needed it?

 

[wixxy2348]

That's why you should have it backed up.
You were just lucky.

 

[Miz Janani]

That's why you should have it backed up.
You were just lucky.

Well i guess i've learnt my lesson. What've you lost?

 

[wixxy2348]

2 USBs and a set of keys. All attached to one another.
Though it wasn't a time of need, wasn't anything I hadn't backed up.

 

[wixxy2348]

my virginity

Was it a time of need, yo?

 

[imsopostmodern]

someone dropped my usb into a swimming pool three weeks before trials. i didnt have any of it backed up and it had all my modern notes, ext 1 and ext 2 eng notes and half my economics notes on it, among other things. i dried it in the oven and it worked for about 5 mins, (where i frantically saved it EVERYWHERE) and never again.

i learnt my lesson big time and was VERY lucky

actually, i havent learnt my lesson. similiar thing happened a few weeks ago with uni. but lecture notes are easy to redownload

 

[Kwayera]

OMG never EVER just have one copy of something EVER, especially since lecturers and teachers etc don't count it as an excuse.

 

[Ivorytw]

I lost my Drama Diary the morning of the performance assesment.

 

[Rafy]

Who hasn't?

Worst was probably a 1500 word essay I had to rewrite a few hours before it was due.

I thought I was backing it up, but the backup was saving to the temp directory and I lost that also.

 

[kwabon]

lucky i had nothing important lost, i am gonna back everything up in my USB, after reading the post above.

 

[lizajane91]

my friend's computer died like 3 days before her extension history major work was due in last year...she got some of it back but had to rewrite the rest...dont know why she didnt have another copy!

 

[lychnobity]

Yeah, a usb with all my notes on it for year 10 trials (seemed important at the time); twice.

Since then, I've sent everything important to my school portal inbox, instead of backing it up to the computer.