tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post113046202425795469..comments2023-10-26T03:49:14.799-07:00Comments on Ghost Word: Computer WoesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-1131176009052276612005-11-04T23:33:00.000-08:002005-11-04T23:33:00.000-08:00For what it's worth, I had the same thing happen a...For what it's worth, I had the same thing happen about a year back. Luckily, the tech guys where I work (ironically a "dying media" old-fashioned newspaper) were able to hook up another computer to my computer's remains and retrieve the text files I needed. If you know (or can find) anyone with similar talents/software, it might be worth a try. Hell, my computer wouldn't even turn on or boot up and they were able to resurrect its vital remnants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-1130637689993228262005-10-29T19:01:00.000-07:002005-10-29T19:01:00.000-07:00Oh, yikes! Were you able to recover the three year...Oh, yikes! Were you able to recover the three years of photographs? Sorry to hear about the chapter you'd invested so much time in.<BR/><BR/>If it's any consolation (& I'm sure it's not), Reinaldo Arenas lost multiple manuscripts while trying to write in Castro's Cuba. Some were confiscated, some were left at friends' homes for safekeeping and lost to unknown circumstances. Again and again he started his completed novel over from scratch! I probably would have called it quits on round two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-1130519694755327522005-10-28T10:14:00.000-07:002005-10-28T10:14:00.000-07:00It was Maxine Hong Kingston who lost her entire ma...It was Maxine Hong Kingston who lost her entire manuscript in the 1991 Oakland Hills fire. It took her years to redo it.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00841865048085425498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-1130476636829464832005-10-27T22:17:00.000-07:002005-10-27T22:17:00.000-07:00Sweet Jeebus. That's terrible. I had this happen...Sweet Jeebus. That's terrible. I had this happen to me once and I was depressed for days, before plunging forward anew. (You've still got the chops and no technological collapse can erase that.)<BR/><BR/>However, if you lost anything pivotal, there are numerous data reconstruction services around here that specialize in reconstructing a drive's sectors after it's gone kaput. It may cost you a song, but it might be worth looking into.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com