Share the Joy: Averting Disaster



My joy post will be a little on the light side this week.
On Monday morning, I woke and, as usual, went up 
to my office to check email
but
found a message that said,
more or less,
"Your hard drive is toast. Back up your files
and find an electronics recycle station."

So I went and bought an external drive
and clicked on the button
to have the computer do a back-up automatically.
It failed four separate times.

Oh no, I thought, it's


if I can't find a way around this obstacle.

I'd backed up my document files a while ago,
but there was a lot of writing done on my memoir
and the manuscript I'm almost finished with
called Riding the Divorce Roller Coaster.
I breathed deeply and tried not to imagine the worst.

I can always write on a


I thought, and that brought a smile to my face.

But not as big a smile
as starting the hours-long process of manually saving 
all the stuff on the dying swan of a hard drive
and finding that -- unlike the auto-transfer --
it worked!

Woo hoo -- I didn't lose any of my work in progress,
or any of my client files.
And I've got a new system in a box
to set up and then load 
with the contents of the now-crammed external drive.


What sparked the fire of joy in you this week?

Notice joy.
Cultivate it.
Celebrate it.
Share it.

 


1. do a post that tells and shows what gives you joy.

2. capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into 
the Mr. Linky box along with your info.

3. Visit other players and let their joy infect you.
Leave them a comment because everyone
 enJOYS getting positive feedback.

Let's keep the epidemic of JOY going!


Comments

4 Lettre Words said…
So glad things worked out!
ellen abbott said…
having been there and not been able to retrieve my stuff, I am thrilled that you were able to.
Kim Mailhot said…
Phew !!!!!
That's truly something to be joyful about.
Happy Thursday, Awesome One !

Karen said…
I backup to an external hard drive weekly. I am so glad you managed to save all your stuff!
deb did it said…
ha!! do I see electrical tape on that space bar??? Kinda awesome !!
Unknown said…
Wow haven't seen even a picture of a typewriter lately. So glad things are okay. Thank goodness my IT son keeps me covered.
Hazel said…
"It's over" - What a cute way to say it :) I haven't seen an old typewriter anywhere recently. Quite a relic of the past many of us have a fondness for. Yours is a lovely shot. Glad it worked for you.

Hazel
Glad it all worked out and became the inspiration for a joyful post!

Happy Thursday,
Ruby

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