Why do I keep doing this?

[garnigal]

I have a USB key that I keep all of my writing on. I've had hard drives crash and lost games and writing, so I figured the USB key was safer. And it was. It's just... I've had it for at least 4 years, and I'd been thinking about backing it up. As soon as I start thinking about it, it's too late.

And it's too late.

I got copies of everything I've posted on tamingthemuse and the stuff I'd posted on open_on_sunday this year, and I have most of last year's drabbles from open on sunday (nothing after July though, and I'm too lazy to look for them right now). I have most of the finished stuff on my laptop, so in terms of writing it's not too bad. I'm sure I'll remember more stuff as the evening progresses though.

What tics me off is losing the free X-stitch patterns I'd downloaded, some of which were limited time offers. Oh well, that's just a sign to do more knitting. ;)

And now I'm going to back up my laptop hard drive and start online shopping for USB keys. Oh, and burn all my photos to disk (thank god that's not what died!)

Comments

[jen-the-great.livejournal.com]

That totally sucks. I'm glad you'll get some of it back, but it does serve as a good reminder. I need to back up my gigs of shitty vacation pictures.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Burn to CD. Way easier to transport to show people and you've got a copy. Plus you can keep adding later. I'm trying to set up a regular schedule for that - like season changes, change the furnace filter and burn last season's photos.

Whether I actually do that or not....