Doug-Umpa - New Computer at Work - Lost my Cookbooks!

[SeaGail]

   I purchased the Fat-to-Skinny recipe books a while back - both Regular and Baking ones.  I don't know how it happened, but somehow the folder disappeared in the transfer from my old PC to my new one at work.  I was even able to go back to my original PC and it was GONE.  I recently looked at it too.  Is there anyway I can get another copy of each one.  I was so disappointed today when I went looking for the folder and it was gone.  Several other files mysteriously disappeared as well.  I think there's a gremlin in my PC!

Thanks for any assistance you can provide.  DANGIT.  At least I have a few of my favorite recipes printed out, but I do want to have it as a resource forever.  If I am able to get them back, you can bet I will back them up on a CD!

[umpa]

No Problem  Send Doug a email and tell him which books you had and he will send them to you

[mouseissue]

Hi SeaGail!

You've just had a hard lesson in the importance of backing up your PC data.

It can be a scary experience!
I knew I guy who lost years of income tax returns by not backing up his PC.

Buy yourself some blank CDs and a couple of thumb flash drives and copy your important data to them.
CDs are inexpensive and more durable for long term storage.
But for copying data from on PC to another, the thumb drives are great!

[SeaGail]

A miracle ... since I'm new to Win7, I didn't know all the features, and I discovered that when I clicked on one of my folders and chose Properties, it had previous versions!  Voila - my old files were there and I was able to restore the ones I was missing (including my cookbooks).  YAHOO!

Thanks for replying and offering to help in my time of panic.

[mouseissue]

Hi SeaGail!

I'm happy to hear that you did not lose your data.

I worked on PCs, mainframe computers, and servers for almost 17 years.
In my experience, sooner or later, everyone will experience at least one event that will cause data loss.
It could be anything from an accidental file "delete" to a hard drive head crash or worse.

Given that, you should adopt some sort of backup strategy BEFORE real disaster strikes!
Remember to old adage... An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!