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ivan_price3•5mo ago

Vent: My laptop died right before a big deliverable for a Chicago client

I was at a coffee shop in Denver, the file corrupted during a save, and I had to call the client, explain, and pull two all-nighters using an old backup from three days prior to rebuild everything from scratch, which honestly, has anyone else had a tech failure at the worst possible moment and how did you handle it?

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daniel3915mo ago

Tech failure at the worst possible moment" is the story of my life. Read a thing once about how solid state drives can just die with no warning, which is terrifying. My external hard drive gave out during a family photo project last year. Had to use some recovery software, lost a few things forever. That feeling of panic is the worst.

shane_morgan5mo ago

Man that's rough, losing family photos hits different. What recovery software did you end up trying? I've heard some are way better than others but it's a total gamble when you're already in panic mode. Makes you triple check your backup plan after something like that.