Hey guys. I need to vent. I just ran into a major dilemma. I carry various important files with me on my Lexar jump drive. Its a 128 MB one, and has been faithful through thick and thin. However, I think it has finally finished fighting the good fight. I tried two computers, and its not working. I usually make it a point to back my jump drive up on my home computer on a daily basis, but I haven’t done that in a while. I really needed some of the files on it for tomorrow, but now I’m afraid I’ll have to suffice with hard copies that I gave to our data entry clerk. It really stinks, and I’m vehicleless (new word) right now, so trips to Circuit City are out of the question in the immediate future. :::Sighs::: Thanks for listening guys. I’m off to bed. Gave myself a headache thinking about it.
P.S. Nah, before I go to bed, I think I’ll go outside, and play a mournful song under the moonlight. I think it’ll help.
All that comes to mind is the phrase “This too shall pass.” Not much comfort, but someday you will be looking back on this mess instead of being in it. Time does keep moving ahead and one does survive. I guess you just have to concentrate on putting one foot in front of the other and in not too long things will be better. Hope at least you get rid of that headache and get a good night’s rest.
Yeah, headache’s gone. I used my digital camera’s memory stick as a jump drive today. I pulled the hard copies, and began working on them. Slow, but steady process. This go around, I think I’m going to get a bigger jump drive, with a service plan, and I’m going to set myself to backing it up on a regular basis.
My younger brother also told me I should buy two jump drives, so that I’ll have a backup. We shall see.
In my rather extensive experience, drives know when they haven’t been backed up recently and choose those times to stop working. They are sneaky, vindictive, and downright vicious.
Going to back up right now, before any of mine realize their status.
I was working directly to a SanDisk memory stick without daily backups and lost a few days worth of engineering drawings when it failed. The manufacturer sent me some specialized software designed to read the device and extract the files but that didn’t work. I returned the device for warrantee and it was replaced, but the files were never recovered.
Although the new memory stick has been through the washer and dryer no less than three times, it still works fine… not something I would recommend to anyone. I’m now storing my files on the hard drive and only using the memory stick for short term transfer between home and office.
Should you find yourself trying to store (for transporting) a file larger than the capacity of your memory stick, and the location where the file is needed has internet, just e-mai the file(s) to yourself and download them when you get to your destination. Yeah, that works…
I’m off to bed. Gave myself a headache thinking about it.
