**Just an FYI for everyone**

[whiteraven]

Okay, so recently my harddrive on my laptop took a hard crash, and now needs a full replacement. (I hope nothing else)

So if it seems I'm not on here as much as usual you are right...Limited online access means I only get on for very short periods at work.

This does mean I got a little more freetime for some of my projects, so when I'm back up and running I'll have some pics to post.

[ontarian_frog]

Another FYI, my girlfriend had a bunch (thousands) of pictures in her moms computer with no backup...about a month ago the hard drive broke, and no more pictures she's got.

Make back-ups people...

[AVE0SAM]

I guess we kno who looks at those random porn posts on here

[B1rdbrain]

Just an FYI (Aveosam Who don't like my Photo's) I have not only an External Hard drive i keep my photo's on but i also back them up on a disk so you can bitch all you want about my SO CALLED CRAPPY PHOTO's but i will not lose them!

[Kinkyllama]

I'd do a backup of very important things and have it stored somewhere that people can't get too like the bank. We had our house robbed 6 months ago; They stole all the computers of course, but they also ran-shacked all the closests and drawers taking every backup CD, hardrives, and USB things (drawing a blank on the name, lol). They even happened to take all of our printed photos cause they were in a box near computer stuff and they must have thought there were computer related things in it. Every picture of me since I was like 8 is pretty much gone, not to mention once in a lifetime vacation pictures to Countrys like Peru, and photos of relatives that are no longer around. Don't think it can't happen to you either, we live in a very nice part of town where things like this rarley happen mostly due to the fact most people have alarms around here.

[Kinkyllama]

Also since I brought it up I recommend you always have emergency funds available, if possible don't have any information of the account in your house. Every single one of our credit cards, dept cards, and checking accounts had info in the house and the robbers didn't hesitate to start using it so we had to close them asap.

They also got all of our cars (we were out of town), computers, and TVs. Since we had to close all our bank accounts it was a bitch to do anything with limited cash...luckily we were on vacation and had a decent amount of it on hand. Expect insurance to take at least 6 months to pay up as well, with all of us in this house owning small business that require a computer this was a big problem, my parents had to spend allot of money just to be able to keep there business running.

[Ron-E-Babe]

Another FYI, my girlfriend had a bunch (thousands) of pictures in her moms computer with no backup...about a month ago the hard drive broke, and no more pictures she's got.

Make back-ups people...

If you'd like the pictures of your g/f, I guess I could sell them to you half price..LMAO

(couldn't refuse)

[AVE0SAM]

Also since I brought it up I recommend you always have emergency funds available, if possible don't have any information of the account in your house. Every single one of our credit cards, dept cards, and checking accounts had info in the house and the robbers didn't hesitate to start using it so we had to close them asap.

They also got all of our cars (we were out of town), computers, and TVs. Since we had to close all our bank accounts it was a bitch to do anything with limited cash...luckily we were on vacation and had a decent amount of it on hand. Expect insurance to take at least 6 months to pay up as well, with all of us in this house owning small business that require a computer this was a big problem, my parents had to spend allot of money just to be able to keep there business running.

wow dude that really sucks....did they ever catch the person?

[Kinkyllama]

If you'd like the pictures of your g/f, I guess I could sell them to you half price..LMAO

(couldn't refuse)

wow dude that really sucks....did they ever catch the person?

Yeah but they don't have enough to charge them for breaking&intering, or the theft of our cars but they have enough to charge them on trafficing stolen goods which is nearly as bad.

[xtreme 2]

damn Danny, that sucks a big one... Only been robbed once, and I was 8 when it happened so not as bad... Had my car broken into 3 times, first time they took my DVD Flipout, Craftsman Toolbox and Head Unit. Other 2 times they just took the head unit. Sadly they were cheapies and replacing the window cost more than the radio...