The cost of a backup
by Matt Fairfax · 05/19/2004 (11:18 am) · 8 comments
I've been kinda heads down for the last two weeks working on a contract. Things were going fairly well until Sunday night when my new laptop's hard drive crashed. I had been working non-stop on the code and hadn't taken the time to back it up anywhere else (I had thought about it the night before but put it off).
I worked all day Monday to try recover my data but it was to no avail. The drive itself was physically broken and unreadable by any conventional means. I decided that it would be quicker to just redo the code (far faster to implement something you know than to invent it the first time =). I have almost gotten it back up to speed and as an added benefit the code is far cleaner this go 'round =)
Here is a little screenshot of the work I am doing:
A fun little Activex control that shares a lot in common with certain interior editors...one can imagine the possibilities ;)
I am ready to get back to my other projects. Got some cool stuff coming up =)
I worked all day Monday to try recover my data but it was to no avail. The drive itself was physically broken and unreadable by any conventional means. I decided that it would be quicker to just redo the code (far faster to implement something you know than to invent it the first time =). I have almost gotten it back up to speed and as an added benefit the code is far cleaner this go 'round =)
Here is a little screenshot of the work I am doing:
A fun little Activex control that shares a lot in common with certain interior editors...one can imagine the possibilities ;)
I am ready to get back to my other projects. Got some cool stuff coming up =)
About the author
I am a Game Designer at PopCap who has worked on PvZ Adventures, PvZ2, Peggle Blast, and Bejeweled Skies. I am an ex-GarageGames employee who helped ship TGE, TGEA, Torque 3D, and Constructor.
#2
05/19/2004 (11:29 am)
I couldn't agree more =) I just get lazy on how often I back up when I am pushing hard... 
#3
At least the code is cleaner and faster now ;)
Later, Ben
05/19/2004 (12:04 pm)
Ya, I had that happen a while ago, had been working on my game for about a month and was really getting close to a first alpha and when I got up in the morning to finish what I was working on, the drive was toast. :(At least the code is cleaner and faster now ;)
Later, Ben
#4
I just recently lost some data too. Or, I think I did. :) I am usually *very* careful about backing up as well... but got lazy this week. And of course, that's when crap happens.
Anyway, glad you're back up and running.
05/19/2004 (12:20 pm)
Matthew,I just recently lost some data too. Or, I think I did. :) I am usually *very* careful about backing up as well... but got lazy this week. And of course, that's when crap happens.
Anyway, glad you're back up and running.
#6
05/19/2004 (2:22 pm)
Hah, hah, hah.. I just saved over the wrong art file about 20 minutes after thinking: "Gee, I should quick put this batch into Subversion". Lost a bit of work... of course, I was in a hurry to get this done and so didn't want to take the time. Gee whiz, just when I thought I was really cool too.
#7
05/20/2004 (8:15 am)
"Form1"?? Are you using Borland?
#8
05/20/2004 (9:28 am)
No...that is a VB.NET test app 
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