Harddisk smadret

Earlier this week, my PowerBook choked while I sat down to do my usual news- and email-check.
The harddrive started to make some serious bad noises; noises that makes your stomach hurt when you know the outcome might be complete dataloss.
Yesterday I brought it to a nearby Apple store for reparation. The error description read “harddisk smadret” (harddrive smashed). Nothing less. Thank god for my iPod – had it not been set to syncronize with iTunes, Calendar and Addressbook, I would have suffered quite a big dataloss.
Important documents and emails were for the most part stored online or on my USB-harddrive.

The worst part by far, is the loss of my photos. I believe I have lost approximately 5500 pictures and a bunch of videos. I haven’t backed up my photo-library since last year (stupid, yeah I know). Some photos are saved on my gallery, but many moments of my life are now undocumented and lots of cool shots are gone. Kind of saddening to think of all that lost work and memories.

The good part is that I will get a new harddrive with 120 Gb storage. Twice the size of the old one. Not sure if I’ll ever need it, but it will increase the value and lifespan of the PowerBook.
Hopefully it will return before the end of the month. Lots of new music needs to be added to my iPod, you know.