more hard drive issues

Amanda Riddell
May 5, 2024
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On the plus side, this was an accident; it wasn't an example of me trashing my equipment during a tantrum! If I can't recover my backup data from the damaged drive, then that's all my backups from Premiere circa 2021-2022 and my juvenilia gone. On the plus side, all my script ideas are backed up, and I've still got plenty of physical documents regarding my childhood.

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Amanda Riddell

May 05, 2024

False alarm! I was in bed, but on a flat surface it's still ok. I'm budgeting for a sturdier hard drive. There's these 'rugged' ones at PB Tech that look good.