Genealogy Chat

Hard drive crashed completely - computer still under guarantee but they said up to 2 weeks to do it , so Ive had it done locallly now - still cant get me display right and IVE LOST EVERYTHING. Will be fiddling with it for days now to sort it. Merry, have you been erm collecting anything due to me????

Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I have been sooooooooooooo worried about where you were!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quick - open me a restorative bottle! Val has saved up about £16.96½ to spend on your hot tips department! The money is burning a hole in her pocket! Merry

When you say EVERYTHING..........???????????????? Merry

Are you sure you are here? lol Reply immediately please. Merry

Snowdrops, on what grounds do you consider my judging to be dodgy?

Sorry, busy adding back my favourites and stuff. Im so annoyed. I got the puter people out a couple of months back (stillunder year on site guarantee) told them about terrible clicking, clunking and whirring noise when puter was on and they just replaced a fan. Of course now we realise it was the hard drive going and of course its now over a year and so no on site help. Can anyone tell me - I dont have the little box on the left hand side when I start up my puter that says START and all that and close down. How do I get that back anyone please??

Michael - I'm sure anyone who displays their age on their board name would be considered slightly dodgy! Merry

Merry EVERYTHING Im just praying that my back up cds - a month ago will all work. Havent even tried those yet.

welcome back heather, i thought you'd gone on your hols i had'nt seen you around on the boards have'nt seen jess ether, hazel.

Has hubby given you dispensation to work on the puter for a while now?? I thought of you when I was in Woolies this morning and saw red laser ''trip wires'' for sale......a bargain at £14.95. Maybe you could get Val to pay? (If you want techy help you are def talking to the wrong peeps! I would ask hubby, but he is doing kids bedtime story lol) Merry

Hi Heather, Try moving your mouse right to the bottom of the screen and when it changes to double ended arrow, click and drag upwards to get your start button back (hopefully) Vicki

Heather, welcome back. I just asked OH about your query but he suggests you shout for an expert (Judy in the states or steve) as, if you have got windows back he thought it should just re-load. Ann Glos

Ooo Heather, how well I know that awful feeling, the moment when it dawns on you that youve lost everything..... I have a database with over 10,000 events, comments etc, which is locked into my old computer. I am trying to gather the strength to copy it out BY HAND (LOL) because the old pooter was riddled with virus and I dont dare try to transfer it in case the virus hops across with it. Oh, and of course, even if I can access my database its in gobbleydegook, cos the old pooter wouldnt let me download a new version of Javascript... Fortunately I have everything on paper, but when I think of how long it took me to put 10,000 items into my database I want to weep. OC

Mum, A tip- get a pen drive and load all your stuff on that just in case you lose docs and stuff next time-size of a throwaway lighter-about £20-lots of memory.

Hi Heather Well GR has been soooooo slooooooow today,i thought it were going backwards,if this doesn't post properly i'm giving up. Glen

Heather, Glen needs your firm hand.....he has been posting everything in triplicate today......this is the sort of thing that goes on when your not here! Merry

Well Merry i never did see you had sent me the message this morning,i just happened to go to my inbox and there it was. I'll probably get the notification in the morning!! Not much joy with the military records either.They refuse to send anything to me due to tightening of next of kin requirements!! Glen

Oh thank god, the back up cd for my tree has worked and Im only a month missing - if I can get into my home page I can just copy it. I cant believe this - Im gobsmacked it just failed like that PLEASE peeps back up everything you have on a frequent basis. Now Im gonna have a lay down, this has freaked me and I still havent got my bloody word processing program back on here. BACK UP EVERYONE Yes, a good firm hand is what Glen has always need, I shall get my surgical gloves ready for him tomorrow bright and early. Nite guys.

Nite! Merry

Heather....gone bright red here reading this thread.... holding my breath in anguish at the thought of you losing everything. Thank goodness you have managed to get it all back. I'm breathing normally once again. Jean x.