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dancerjodiThe short version, all of my MS Outlook e-mail at work is gone
About a year ago I got a new PC. The IS department copied my old profile into a new one (they were changing servers or something). They left the old profile on there "just in case" there was something important in there. Both lived on my hard drive.
As I mentioned yesterday, my hard drive was full. I don't save files on the hard drive (but on a network drive) but the few programs I have were maxing the space. Cleaning the crap in temp folders out didn't do the trick. That old profile? It was around 4 gigs. I haven't put anything in there on purpose, IS guy and I both looked at it, nope, nothing important. It got deleted. It was too big for the recycle bin . . . so it was just plain ole deleted.
You know what lived there that shouldn't have? My MS Outlook profile. All of my saved messages from almost 2 years of working here. All of the "cover my ass" messages that I refer back to when I need proof of doing something. Lots of tech tips, my address book, reports from Partners that I don't print since they are fricken 100 pages long. Gone.
This whole time the mail *should* have been saved in the new profile - not the old one. Our IS guy feels terrible.
You know what else? I paid my tuition bill today. A check for $1400 and an authorization for them to take $2000 from my credit card. That hurt. A lot.
Its a good thing that Prince is playing tonight and that I'll be in the audience wearing purple - that's all I can say! Brian and I are thinking of going to Hooters before the show. I'm wondering if we should fight with parking or just T-it.
(I still don't know if MS Access is going to do what I want it to, but the good thing is that it seems I'm able to compact and repair databases now. The one that was almost 2 gig compacted down to 200k)
About a year ago I got a new PC. The IS department copied my old profile into a new one (they were changing servers or something). They left the old profile on there "just in case" there was something important in there. Both lived on my hard drive.
As I mentioned yesterday, my hard drive was full. I don't save files on the hard drive (but on a network drive) but the few programs I have were maxing the space. Cleaning the crap in temp folders out didn't do the trick. That old profile? It was around 4 gigs. I haven't put anything in there on purpose, IS guy and I both looked at it, nope, nothing important. It got deleted. It was too big for the recycle bin . . . so it was just plain ole deleted.
You know what lived there that shouldn't have? My MS Outlook profile. All of my saved messages from almost 2 years of working here. All of the "cover my ass" messages that I refer back to when I need proof of doing something. Lots of tech tips, my address book, reports from Partners that I don't print since they are fricken 100 pages long. Gone.
This whole time the mail *should* have been saved in the new profile - not the old one. Our IS guy feels terrible.
You know what else? I paid my tuition bill today. A check for $1400 and an authorization for them to take $2000 from my credit card. That hurt. A lot.
Its a good thing that Prince is playing tonight and that I'll be in the audience wearing purple - that's all I can say! Brian and I are thinking of going to Hooters before the show. I'm wondering if we should fight with parking or just T-it.
(I still don't know if MS Access is going to do what I want it to, but the good thing is that it seems I'm able to compact and repair databases now. The one that was almost 2 gig compacted down to 200k)
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Date: 2004-08-19 07:06 am (UTC)My usual pattern is park in Central, in the nice cheap garage, after 6, or a lot, after 6 (less than $5 or free, depending on availablity) then taking the T over. WAY worth it frustration wise. We usually walk from the Fleet to Park to hop on the Red Line. Avoids the crowds and gets some air. You'd have enough time to do all that and have Hooters, erm, dinner. *grins*
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Date: 2004-08-19 07:45 am (UTC)Walking
Date: 2004-08-19 08:04 am (UTC)Re: Walking
Date: 2004-08-19 08:17 am (UTC)Or, instead of going ALL the way up the stairs, turn left earlier and walk towards Downtown Crossing. There's a new(ish) 7-11 that is at a PERFECT distance for one to be thirsty.
I'm sure once you're in the area you'll know exactly where you are. It's just a matter of connecting A and B.
(And I used to work in North Station, I know ALL the shortcuts *grin*)
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Date: 2004-08-19 08:18 am (UTC)I'm just supporting dinner with boobs.
*sighs* I wish I could go.
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Date: 2004-08-19 08:20 am (UTC)That made me giggle.
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Date: 2004-08-19 09:04 am (UTC)I'm just supporting dinner with boobs.
or
I'm just supporting dinner, with boobs.
I don't get to have boobs with dinner tonight. *pouts*
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Date: 2004-08-20 05:10 am (UTC)Don't feel too badly. I intentionally by accident deleted a bunch of system files from a machine I was using which then promptly crashed. Luckily for me I had some kung fu to get it back, but it took me like, 6 hours. Eesh.
Luck to you!