Hard Drive Not Found
I’m really not great with technology. I am constantly on my computer or attached to my phone, yes, but when it comes to how things work, I rely almost entirely on techie friends. So, you can imagine the pure dread that went through me about a month and a half ago when my computer started making strange noises, froze, and then the “blue screen of death” popped up asking me to restart the computer. But worse…when I did that, this disturbing message popped up: Insert full-blown panic. It’s so easy to get caught up in the idea that “life” is saved on my computer. And it’s true—I have a lot of memories, both in picture and journal format, saved in electronic files. (Thankfully most of my digital materials for work are saved on the school computer or in the cloud, so that was less of an issue). Fortunately, as I mentioned before, I have techie friends. I sent a few frenzied photos to them on my phone, and they succeeded in c...