My laptop's been a bit of a bastard of late, cutting in and out of its internet connection.
I just wrote something that was a long time in its execution, a painstaking and broken story borne of a headspace not quite my own at the minute.
Upon its completion I decided to copy all the text, and as the blackened prose got near to the top it disappeared entirely. I noted the autosave function at the bottom. No panic, it'll be in the drafts, my mind said to me.
I hit Control Z for the sake of reassurance. Nothing came back.
I went to the drafts. It was in there alright, under 'Untitled Post'. I clicked. The autosave had kicked in at the very moment all of this story had disappeared. One second earlier and it would have saved.
Instead I got a blank white page.
Gone.
I let a loud and yelping 'FUCK!!!' to the flat and punched the table. I have just applied ice.
This happened just once before, to another true story about another dark time. That day I got drunk, that night I met a friend for the first time, it was a good consequence but this time I don't know what to do because a drink is the last thing that I want.
Use Notepad, folks.
16 comments:
I believe you; Mr Bermingham wouldn't though!
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So my evil plan worked. Mwah hah hah hah!!!!!
But seriously - try this:
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-lost-word-files.htm
several different ways to recover lost word files. If it works you can buy me a pack of sweets (no licorice).
AG -
Elmo - Didn't write it in Word but thanks.
Aw, sorry to hear that. Frustrating. I always write in Word though.
That's all it is Meadow, frustrating. A tendency towards the dramatic earlier.
I wonder where all those lost words go.
Holemaster, you've just given me an idea. I'll be seeing the dawn again tonight.
aarrrrgh I've been left chewing my fingers after a few of these glitches.
Tis a bitch. I find alcohol helps:P
Words lost in cyberspace... Scary! Notepad.
Ah yes, all my best work disappeared that way...
Holemaster - To the great Microsoft Word application in the sky.
Meadow - I'm sick of you plundering my blog for ideas. Get your own!
Green Of Eye - For all my words, I did get drunk. And re-wrote it. And I think it's better than the original because I'm something of a God.
Dot - I used notepad.
Kath - No sign of that Moby Dick update, then?
Ouch - a painful lesson we must all learn. Notepad ftw.
Sorry Dude.
It's happened me more than once. and it happened with the same fucking piece. I never bothered writing it a third time, cataclysmic things would have occured had the world conspired to do it to me again.
I try to handwrite my more heartfelt posts these days.
Cheers Darren.
Andrew - I have it emailed to myself for extra security. One day I'll learn to handwrite again.
May I be so bold as to suggest you take this out on society, Radge? The cosmos has dealt you a kick in the nuts, and yet those around you have the temerity to be going about their business, without a care in the world? What manner of injustice is that?
No, I suggest you realign universal justice by keying the side of every car within a 2 mile radius.
Computers always eat the brilliant words. It's a rule.
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