I am sensing a theme with my work lately. Late last week I had to tell a client that their entire hard drive had crashed and nothing was salvageable.
Today I taught some computer classes for the local Parks and Rec. I enjoy teaching these classes because I get to tell people about the importance of things like backup and broadband Internet.
After that class my first client had just bought a new computer and she needed me to transfer data. She had replaced her old computer because it kept locking up and giving her errors.
As I transferred her important files I discovered what had been causing the problems. Her hard drive was nearly dead and many of her files were gone completely.
My second client was one that I met a few years ago as a result of her hard drive sparking. In the process she lost all of her pictures.
My third and final client called me in an emergecy situation. His computer had given him a blue screen of death and he couldn't get his computer to start up right. I am in the process of scanning his hard drive tonight, but it appears that I may not be able to recover the files he needs. I am not sure what caused the problem, but his hard drive is in extremely bad shape.
