PANIC…. turn on the computer and nothing happens…. oh no! when last did I back up? So long ago I can’t remember… Quick change underpants…. now lets disconnect the battery and see what happens…. !!!
What are all those colours flashing across the screen, hell now they have disappeared and all I have is a blank screen….. is it a virus??
Let’s try again… hold on why is the screen of the laptop so wonky?? Sh…t it’s falling apart.. a bit of hand pressure and a click and something has repaired itself…. quick get the Elastoplast, apply to computer screen hinges and start again…..
Yippee the screen works as does everything else… now where is that external hard drive, lets do a backup ….
I’m sure it has happened to all of you at some stage… I nearly had a heart attack… but all seems well now and I no longer have to try and catch up using my Tab (the small one that is)…
Here’s a few birdy picks, don’t know what it is have not had the time to look it up…
STOP HIDING…
THAT’S BETTER COME OUT WHERE I CAN SEE YOU…
DON’T LOOK AWAY WHEN I TAKE THE PHOTO… YOU’RE AS BAD AS LINDA….
The Photographic Journey of bulldog. 
How did we ever survive before computers & today’s technologies? 😉
The deadly feeling of fear is understandable – been there. After panic over, the failure to do some serious backing up straight away is inexcusable. Been there, too, Still kicking self.
Yep Col… somehow it just seems to get away from one…
I have experienced the “blue screen of death” and I lost so much at that time I pay for a service that backs up my computer in the cloud. I hope you are religiously backing up your wonderful photography…you dodged a bullet this time, Rob. 🙂
My photos are kept on a external drive and back up when taken… learnt this when I lost everything in the flood of 2001
Sweet pics! As for the backup? Digging out the external hard drive today….thanks for the reminder!
Get it done…
Glad the computer broke and not you!
When the screen went blank I was broken…
Awwww… Hey, glad to see you back! Hope all is well Rob.
These moments are hard on the heart! I just went through one as well. Thank God my son got me to sign up for Carbonite several years ago; it’s a program that backs up my photos into the Cloud.
I love your birdies.
Thanks Angeline my photos are always duplicated to an external drive… but I cannot loose all my business data… got to remember to back up regularly…
Yay it worked … your computer that is…. :-).. need to back mine up now!
Thanks Ute
All of us need a backup reminder … and thanks for being mine!
Glad to be of service Frank…
PHEW! I am getting my external hard drive out RIGHT NOW. I have been putting it off for too long. Have you done your back up yet?
Done
Nice pics, Rob. I’ve got some birds pics I was going to post hoping you could identify the breed. Maybe I should stop being lazy and look them up myself 😉
Send them on… I might be of help
I’ve had two complete hard drive crashes…I know exactly how it feels! I’m glad your computer is okay. 🙂
Thanks Louisa… frightened the crap out of me…
So glad your scare had a happy ending Rob!
Thanks
I feel for you and am glad that you came out okay. Just backed mine up the other day!
I need to do it regularly… all my business is on this box…
I think the thought of losing our computers strikes terror in everyone’s heart. For sure I would be having a major panic attack!
I’m assuming these are photos taken with your new camera? They are just spectacular. WOW!
Major panic attack is saying it lightly….
Hope your computer woes are all behind you now.
I have an old clunker of a PC and after your post I decided that maybe it was time to upgrade before catastrophic failure occurs. New one on its way 🙂
It is amazing how many folks don’t have a back-up so there is nothing to work with after a computer failure.
I am normally quite good at remembering… this just made it more compulsory
Penso sia la paura che hanno tutti, quella di perdere il contenuto del pc e non avere fatto un backup!! Speriamo non mi succeda mai, o mi spariscono tutte le foto, anche se una copia l’ho fatta, ma non è mai completa di tutto. Umm forse meglio se mi decido a farla 🙂
Molto belle le foto, lieta di rileggerti caro Bulldog!!
Ciao, Pat
It’s scary when that happens! Is the birdie a finch of some sort?
That it is…
That looks like a very shy little bird. Nice to see you again, bulldog. 🙂
Thanks Sylvia…
You didn’t blame the birdie, Bullldog, did ya 😀 Pawkisses 🙂 ❤
Nope it is all the bulldogs fault
Now for the next question: have you backed up your hard drive? I hate these computer glitches!
Yep
Of course. I knew you would!
ohhhhhh that is total heart attack material (although great photos of course 🙂 ). A good reminder to us all to back up……. note to self……
It was nearly a hearse attack …
That is a good reminder for me to back up everything that matters to me.
You must know how I panicked about my book
I have since backed up my work in progress.
I’m delighted your computer is back up and backed up, bulldog.
Many years ago I had a computer crash on me and lost many family photos. I have learned the wisdom of backing up often. Glad you did not have that experience Bulldog.
We lost all our photos in the flood of 2001… so I back up my photos the day I down load them… don’t know why I can’t do it for my business as well…. laziness…
Glad your computer is working. My computer crashing is my biggest nightmare. I now have an offsite backup along with an external.
I am a stickler for backups for situations like this. I have three external drives 🙂
This happened to me just recently and it was absolutely horrible! Glad you got yours up and running again! 🙂
Glad things are fixed and you and the birdies are back.
Hehehe – tipies. ken daai gesprek tussen jouself en diere. Oulik.
Phew!! That was a close one. I’m so glad you didn’t lose anything :).
“Quick, change underpants”? Did you swap for Superman undies? 😀 The last time my computer did the dirty on me, it lost a huge document I had almost finished for work. Now I’ve learned my lesson, and I back up all my documents. Lovely bird, glad to see that they ignore professional cameras too.
Good to see you back with more photos. I will now back up my computer after putting it off for months.
heh