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Hello again, its been a long time since I last wrote..
I just want to warn those of us who now rely on Technology, unsuspectingly aware of the loss that can consume us...
"What on earth is she blabbing about?" I hear you say. Well let me tell you.

I like any other have a camera phone, a digital camera all my music and pictures are now kept on an electronic device.
Where as not to many years ago we all collected Cd's or even earlier 'vinyl' and had cameras which took film that we took to the chemist or the photo-shop to get developed. With all these we created rubbish yes and loaded our cupboards etc. up with pictures that were hardly bought out and Cd's that we played very few of.
Then 'Technology' arrived and we got Mp3 players then Ipod's then Iphones, computers, Laptops and now Ipads and Kindles. We got mobiles phones then smaller ones then Bluetooth and cameras and flash drives and ...... You know what even I can't keep up to date with it all the world has gone into a Techno war with itself......

Anyway the reason for this lesson, like you and lots of people (average) I stored all this on my computer/laptop. I forgot that you should regularly back up this information, even though I knew I should I still didn't . We all do it, we make excuses, it will be fine etc. etc.
One morning I switched on the machine and it just didn't boot up, a screen sat there in front of me with the garbled message telling me 'Windows has failed to start correctly'.. Hell I thought I'll try again but the same thing came up on the screen, what to do?
So I knew this was it and I followed the instructions and restored all the information back to the manufacturers settings . Then slowly it dawns on me of all the pictures over the last 3 and a half years I've lost, the music acquired and play lists made that have all disappeared into the oblivion of nothing!

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