Extremely Done With My Laptop.

[guest22811]

I am so **censor** done with my **censor** laptop.


As an animator, I have to handle many large files and images that I store on my laptop and external hard drive. However, I rarely back it up to my hard drive mainly because 1. It takes a while and 2. It makes sorting files confusing sometimes.


However, that wasn't what pissed me off.


I decided to reinstall Windows since it was acting up recently. So what someone would normally do is to go into the settings and click the reinstall button.
For extremely obvious reasons, I clicked the 'keep my files' option.


HOWEVER, it decided to WIPE EVERYTHING INSTEAD.


Now, don't say that I probably accidentally clicked the second option, I am 100% certain that I didn't.


If I realised that I accidentally did it, then I would blame my own stupidity and ignorance but I did not.


I ran a file recovery application immediately when I realised and processed the situation however I barely recovered anything important but some old files that were nice to get back however otherwise unnecessary. The only important files that I lost that I am mostly impacted on is a few animations that I have worked on for HOURS, some even near completion. A lot of my homework was due last friday so I do not have any school related stuff that I need. It's all personal files.










I'm not really asking for advice now as to how to get all my shit back, but as to how I can cope with this situation.
At this moment, I can either
1. Dump all of it in the past and start from now on, forget about previous animations, and work on newer ones.
OR
2. Take it back and redo everything that I have worked for










...






;-;

[Malina]

I'd recommend starting over, what's done is done and there's no use blartin over it. Just remember to back up files from now on

[Ventus Fall]

I'm so sorry to hear this happened to you!
*offers a hug*

I would... I wouldn't be able to move on from this personally. I would try to start and try to get it all back and work with what I had left.
But if you can move on and leave all of that in the past, that's what I would also suggest.

If you have a hard time with that decision, just take a few days to relax and do other things. (Which you might be doing already.)
Then get back later to it to see if you have the energy and time to spend into it.

[Khaise Grey]

**Hugs**


Sorry mate, there really isn't any way to get them back. Same thing happened to my MacBook Pro recently and thank god some of my files were saved but I lost a lot of concept art for Khaise's suit and I have to start from scratch.


Windows computers are far superior to Macs in my opinion but they do have their moments.