# Emotional Support needed **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [September 7, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509 "2004-09-07T14:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/1 "2004-09-07T14:43:31Z")
My laptop hard drive packed up this morning… just took it to the repair dude and he says i cant get the data for less then £700 cos the needle thingy bust… ☹ any ideas or am i gonna have to resign myself to losing the last months work?? i have loads of stuff i did for jobs, am going to look veeery unprofessional… does anyone else seem to always learn the hard way, im beginning to think i need my head checked! :-/ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/2 "2004-09-07T14:47:45Z")
It doesnt mean you are unproffesional clients need to realize that these things happen with computers. I dont really know if there are any other options then forking over the money. Unfortunatley these things happen so we just have to go along with what happens. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/3 "2004-09-07T14:56:57Z")
man that sucks, hope it works out ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/4 "2004-09-07T15:45:13Z")
unlucky fella…but as you know, the same thing has happened ta me not so long back. sh1t happens. £700 seems abit harsh tho… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/5 "2004-09-07T15:55:02Z")
Did you save any of your work to a cd/disk, or FTP it to a server? TD ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/6 "2004-09-07T16:22:08Z")
That sux man, I feel for ya. This is making me realize that I need a better backup solution myself. In the states a friend of mine was quoted $ 3K! to restore data from a dead drive. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/7 "2004-09-07T16:38:24Z")
maaan… i should have ftped all my files to my server… got abot 400MB spare just going through what i did and didnt back up on cd… most of my university work i have. I’ve lost all my personal work… you know the little projects for friends and little ideas you have and you mock up quickly… most of the client stuff ive lost i cant put in my portfolio because it contains design work that is under patent application, so i guess thats no biggie… not like it is gonna help me in the future its odd… a lot of it i dont mind losing cos when you are learning, your work improves so quickly that something i did 2 months ago is almost irrelevant! know what i mean ive lost everything in the drawing and design thread for [artofmonkey.com](http://artofmonkey.com) ah well! a fresh start all round for my last ever year of education! lol ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/8 "2004-09-07T16:42:00Z")
Too bad you can’t back up to Gmail, ton’s of room there… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/9 "2004-09-07T16:46:32Z")
this sux… hmmm I gotta back up my stuff b4 this happens to me ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/10 "2004-09-07T16:49:35Z")
im waiting for the computer guy to get back to me in the morning… he said to get data from a dead drive they have a special ‘dust free’ room and it only takes a few minutes. they just charge you a premium for doing it! _starts vacuuming his room_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/11 "2004-09-07T17:18:17Z")
That sucks. I know whenever cash flow is slow for me I worry that something like this might happen. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/emotional-support-needed/63509/12 "2004-09-07T18:32:34Z")
Sounds like a good time to change careers, something NOT involving \*\*\*\*ing computers. Good luck with that sir!!