Find a file that I saved on a disc but no longer have.

[needhelp]

My disc is shot but I have been told that I can get the information that I
have been saving on it off my hard drive.

 

[Jezebel]

And the question is ...?

 

[Guy Worthington]

needhelp wrote:

And the question is ...?

I realize you've come to us, drowning, in need of help, but your
question is so vague, that you will only get the most general
of help. My Hard Drives fail regularly (but then I may kick
my computers more often than most other people) and now I'm on
first name terms with my local disk doctor. Most major cities
have a specialist who can recover data, and they can be found
by using the local telephone directory. If you haven't kicked
your computer, or accidently thrown it out the window, or you
think your disk hasn't suffered a catastrophic failure, then data
recovery services are not very expensive.

PS. Jezebel I was browsing in 'microsoft.public.word.tables' and
was aghast to see you use the c... word. You of all people, our
straight shootin', straight talkin' gal, using compromise. Dear
reader, it's true, the words below were typed by Jezebel:

' Surely there's a compromise [...] try half a bottle of good red
' wine and a long walk [...] and let your imagination run free.

yes, yes I know, I had to re-read it as well; it really doesn't say:

' Shoot the ornery varmint between the eyes, have a beer/whisky
' chaser, puncture a cigar with your front teeth and spit the end
' onto the floor, and step over the corpse and get back to work.

Here's hoping you get better soon.

 

[Jezebel]

' Surely there's a compromise [...] try half a bottle of good red
' wine and a long walk [...] and let your imagination run free.

yes, yes I know, I had to re-read it as well; it really doesn't say:

' Shoot the ornery varmint between the eyes, have a beer/whisky
' chaser, puncture a cigar with your front teeth and spit the end
' onto the floor, and step over the corpse and get back to work.

You misunderstand me completely good sir. I meant it quite seriously, as did
David Ogilvie (as in Ogilvie and Mather) when he wrote it. When you're stuck
for a layout that actually communicates the information you have: stop, let
your mind run free a while, and be creative about finding a solution because
there always is one to find. But whatever, stop banging your head against a
wall trying to force your text into a layout that doesn't work. Killing your
boss might be what first comes to your mind in this situation, and it might
indeed be satisfying; but unless you're Anselm Keifer it's unlikely to help
much.