So...I just need to vent a bit. 
Back on Tuesday (I believe), my laptop's hard drive apparently demagnetized and all data was destroyed. I was browsing the forums, no less, when it happened. Because of this, I lost tens of thousands of files. Photos, videos, documents, some music, bookmarks, all my work...and most importantly, memories. I suppose I was too stupid to backup anything, despite having SkyDrive popup in my face every time I logged on. I didn't know what it was and never bothered to check it out. No Photobucket, no external drive, nothing. Every personal photo/screenshot and video I had on my computer is gone. Forever. This includes not only all of my O/MVMK pics and the pics of CP igloos I made with my sister (silly, I know), but a year's worth of Animal Crossing screenshots that were not only extremely dear to me, but I was in the middle of making a video with them (had already been working weeks on it) to surprise my sister next month. I will have lost all of my iPhone photos, too, if they aren't still saved in the cloud. My actual photographs (except selfies) are saved on another laptop, but otherwise, everything is gone. Gone in an instant. *hyperventilates* It sucks, man.
This also means I don't have a useable computer. I don't know how I'm handling that yet since I don't know if it's still under warranty...$$$. I'm probably going to end up missing several (if not all) dream events.
I can live without a computer, I just don't want to miss this month of the game. 
I'm utterly devastated by the whole thing. Lost photos, fried laptop... I don't mean to sound whiny or ungrateful in any way, but my lost files are a big deal to me. Whether photos from a vacation or screenshots from a video game, it's all the same to me. Precious memories. I'm tearing up at just the thought of having lost them.
I've had a rough few weeks and I was already starting to feel it before this happened. This takes the cake. 
It's a lesson learned, and I'll eventually move on, but I know I'm going to kick myself for years to come.
I just...I just...need a HUG
Has this happened to anyone else? How do you cope? 
Back on Tuesday (I believe), my laptop's hard drive apparently demagnetized and all data was destroyed. I was browsing the forums, no less, when it happened. Because of this, I lost tens of thousands of files. Photos, videos, documents, some music, bookmarks, all my work...and most importantly, memories. I suppose I was too stupid to backup anything, despite having SkyDrive popup in my face every time I logged on. I didn't know what it was and never bothered to check it out. No Photobucket, no external drive, nothing. Every personal photo/screenshot and video I had on my computer is gone. Forever. This includes not only all of my O/MVMK pics and the pics of CP igloos I made with my sister (silly, I know), but a year's worth of Animal Crossing screenshots that were not only extremely dear to me, but I was in the middle of making a video with them (had already been working weeks on it) to surprise my sister next month. I will have lost all of my iPhone photos, too, if they aren't still saved in the cloud. My actual photographs (except selfies) are saved on another laptop, but otherwise, everything is gone. Gone in an instant. *hyperventilates* It sucks, man.
This also means I don't have a useable computer. I don't know how I'm handling that yet since I don't know if it's still under warranty...$$$. I'm probably going to end up missing several (if not all) dream events.
I can live without a computer, I just don't want to miss this month of the game. I'm utterly devastated by the whole thing. Lost photos, fried laptop... I don't mean to sound whiny or ungrateful in any way, but my lost files are a big deal to me. Whether photos from a vacation or screenshots from a video game, it's all the same to me. Precious memories. I'm tearing up at just the thought of having lost them.
I've had a rough few weeks and I was already starting to feel it before this happened. This takes the cake. It's a lesson learned, and I'll eventually move on, but I know I'm going to kick myself for years to come. I just...I just...need a HUG
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It's only 2ish years old and hadn't had any issues with it for a few months.
