Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 20, 2007, at 3:41 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Howdy folks, > I know some of you have experienced the total utter anguish of loss > when a hard drive crashes and burns taking everyone with it! > > My main PHOTO hard-drive crashed in big flames taking about three > months of careful prepared material, photo editing, writing, > scanning each photo and all the other aspects of producing a new > photography book on the life and times of the old guy. One can only > say.... "What the hell that'll teach you not to back-up every > single moment!" The truth? Well I did some of it. Please > note...."some of it." :-( > > The only reason I'm telling you? I have to tell someone or slash my > wrists or cut my throat and at the moment I thought telling someone > was the better of the options! :-) > > Besides I can't do it right now because we begin heavy duty > production on the BRAVO TV documentary tomorrow on my wild wild > life as a photojournalist. And I didn't want to disappoint you in > seeing and hearing the tales of my wild and sordid life. ;-) > > By now I'm sort of over the gut wrenching crying anguish of > yesterday. It also seems the only way to correct the computer > situation completely is dump the whole thing and go new, right now > this is a sort of hatched together machine. Another thing I need > not face at the moment, re-loading everything! I of course being a > photographer and not a techie will not be involved in doing any of > this make over. > > I leave for as far away as possible as I do not want to see any of > this resurrection! When everything is ready to rock and roll in > it's complete simplicity of operation... slightly above "moron > operator" state I shall sit before it and start again. > > Mean while I'll begin the search for slides & negs for re-scanning, > along with prints to flatbed scan. > > Sorry if this put you off your feed, but thank you for being there > as crew to listen. As you've helped make me feel better and now > I'll put the straight razor away! ;-) Best part? > > Nobody died... I was close!:-( But all, well most of it, will rise > again complete with an incredible lesson learned! BACK-UP EVERY > MOMENT! No haranguing please, I've had all I can take at the > moment! As she who must be obeyed has beat all of you to it and > better. :-) Oh geeeeesh the woman hasn't helped one iota!:-) But > what the hell I still love her. :-) oh my Ted... I can only imagine... but you will do it again and better... Steve > > ted > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information