I picked it up badly and it slipped out of my hand onto a hard tiled floor. Then it wouldn't restart.
Thanks to IT I was able to work out that only the hard drive was broken so I bought a new one, we replaced it and it's working fine again now. But I'd lost all my data.
I dropped my Mac first thing on a Friday morning. I had backed up last thing on a Wednesday night. So I only lost one days work. A miracle, really.
I backed up via Time Machine, and restoring it was amazing. You insert the start up disk, plug the back up drive in and it gives you the option to Restore From Time Machine. Click OK and that's it. It took around 2 hours to restore 150GB. EXACTLY AS I LEFT IT. All preferences, passwords, settings, even the desktop, exactly as I left it. Amazing. Stunning.
Why am I telling you this? Because you should back up right now.
Good to see Time Machine actually works at the other end of the procces! [Runs home and backs up immediately]
Posted by: Daniel | Mar 02, 2010 at 08:37
Do you know what, you're right. I've had so many instances where I've lost everything and had some/nothing/all of it backed up at various times. I've had my laptop stolen 3 times soooo yeah. It's so important. But I've got an imac now and I've never backed it up. Everything is on here. This is a scary thought. I'm figuring out how to use time machine right now...
Posted by: Rachel | Mar 02, 2010 at 09:25
I like like the bit that says 'Ben Terrett - Damaged'
Posted by: Russell | Mar 04, 2010 at 13:13