*Bangs head against wall*
Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:53 pm
I was writeing a story, and I was in the like.......4th chapter, when I had just saved it, and I was makeing room in my documents thingy, when I accidently pressed delet, ad i didn't realise untill I emptied my recycle bin! I have lost it forever now!
How could I be so silly? And I am really not in the mood to tpe it all up again!!! 
So, right now I am really stressed, I dunno weather I shuld just wrewrite the whole soty on paper, or just don't write it again.....? I already have tooo many stories on the go, but thsi was the one that started them all, that gave my very active imagination a boost, and now I have to either wre-write it, or juts continue on with the storys I have got at the moment.
Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:59 pm
Aw twitchy. I feel sorry for you. I have accidentally deleted many a school paper by accident. I think you should re-write it, but try and improve on your previous bits. Anyway, look on the brightside, with all that head-banging-off-wall, you're losing 150 calories an hour! so it's not all bad. (sorry, I have to have at least one joke per post otherwise tension builds up inside me and I have a mini-nervous breakdown, and thats not a joke.)
Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:01 pm
Since its a document it can probably still be recovered even when 'deleted' from the recycle bin. Just search for an undeleter.
Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:06 pm
Christopher wrote:Since its a document it can probably still be recovered even when 'deleted' from the recycle bin. Just search for an undeleter.
Theres such a thing as that? Wow, wish I knew about that about 2 months ago when I deleted my english essay.. jot notes and all.
Anyways, if you want to rewrite it, rewrite it. As far as I know, you don't have a time limit, so take your time!
Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:13 pm
Jen wrote:Christopher wrote:Since its a document it can probably still be recovered even when 'deleted' from the recycle bin. Just search for an undeleter.
Theres such a thing as that? Wow, wish I knew about that about 2 months ago when I deleted my english essay.. jot notes and all.
Anyways, if you want to rewrite it, rewrite it. As far as I know, you don't have a time limit, so take your time!
Even when you 'permanently' delete something a 'memory' of it is still there. Though half the time your comp will have already put data overtop of it making it useless.
Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:35 pm
if you know the documents file code you can search it out, how to get that however i dont know.
Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:06 am
Thats happened to me many a time, I could never re-write it though, it never felt the same and I would always forget excactly what I wrote in certain parts. But if you really liked it and feel dedicated, then go ahead and write it over. May I ask about how many pages it was.
Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:16 am
Articfox wrote:Thats happened to me many a time, I could never re-write it though, it never felt the same and I would always forget excactly what I wrote in certain parts. But if you really liked it and feel dedicated, then go ahead and write it over. May I ask about how many pages it was.
I dunno how many pages it is....
Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:34 am
Aye, I fell your pain. Several months ago I couldn't sleep, so I started thinking about the story I was trying to write, and inspiration hit me. I got out of bed and began totally rewriting the story (including very detailed events leading up to my original opening scene) I was so into it that I typed for several hours without ever saving...
And then my computer froze up. My computer is tempermental and I could tell it was about to freeze up and die on me. I knew I would have to restart, and I tried hurriedly to save the story, but alas. I couldn't. It was gone.
Afterwards I tried to rewrite what I had written, but it didn't feel nearly as good, and I stopped wanting to even try.
And then my computer froze up. My computer is tempermental and I could tell it was about to freeze up and die on me. I knew I would have to restart, and I tried hurriedly to save the story, but alas. I couldn't. It was gone.
Afterwards I tried to rewrite what I had written, but it didn't feel nearly as good, and I stopped wanting to even try.
Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:37 am
I think I will carry on witht the storys I have got, then decide....
Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:03 am
I share your pain. I was on about my third chapter and I did the same
Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:59 am
That's gotta suck, I hate when that happens.
Try doing what the others have suggested, and see if you can get it back.
Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:14 pm
I will. Thanks you guys!
Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:18 pm
Doesn't Microsoft word have like a backup in case your computer crashes and when you load Word up again, your story is there? I thought I lost my book report before but I didn't...whew.
Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:51 pm
Microsoft Word has an auto save feature, but it only works if your computer crashes, not if you delete the document.