sooo
first off i dont even know if i'm in the right thread, but i'm in some desperate need of help, and am about to lose my mind from stress.
boy, am i glad i found this place.
over the past year and a half or so, i've storing my writing on a CD-ROM.
and nearly a week ago, i had about 500 pages dedicated to several drafts of this novel i was writing.
well. idiot that i am: i was saving-editing-and resaving on the sort of disk that is originally intended for music.
which, i'm sure we know isn't supposed to be constantly edited.
anyway.
a few days ago, i tried to access it, so that i could finally print my final draft, and found that the disc wasn't reading, or even accessing.
a friend of mine, who works at an electronics company, tried to find it on his computer, and told me that there was no way to recover all of my work.
the file, and entire disk was fried.
and, as imagined: i was ready to cry.
i've been working on this FOREVER.
its some of the best writing i can recall doing, nevermind finishing.
does anyone have any suggestions?
because i promise, that if i need to start over, i'll have to cry.
