----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev" <kerlindavidbev@ozemail.com.au> To: <Y-IRL@yahoogroups.com>; <AUS-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com>; <NIR-DOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 2:04 PM Subject: It has happened again!! > A charde (well that's probably incorrect seeing as I've lost my list of > Irish words!! - shish!!) Friends > > Yesterday morning, this dear new computer did it's 'go-slow' trick again > and, being familiar with its antics, I knew trouble was brewing! As hastily > as possible, I contrived to burn a CD and Lord knows how, but I received the > mail and sent two very short answers on their way (don't know if they got > there!), but considering there were no mail icons in Networking Connections, > O/E was being extraordinarily 'ordinary', I figure He had a good deal to do > with getting done what I did do! > > By the time my ISP had finished and the Compaq technicians had finished with > us (the computer and me) there was nothing left!!! I could not retrieve any > messages, my draft folder had lots of lovely URLs and Irish Words which flew > away, and my address book (which I don't know how to back up anyway) has > gone again! On the third occasion I had to restore/reinstall/repartition > etc, I saved all of this stuff in other programs. Not this fourth time, no > chance, - and I'm thinking seriously of doing lots of swearing! > > If I owe anyone a mail please tell me. Sorry! Jimmy, I've lost that map > too - oops!! > > Bev >