[ILUG] Well, all my playing with distros and now I've lost everything

[Conor Wynne]

I must have tested every distro over the past month, downloaded crazy  
gigs worth of stuff -- configured them, updated them,, install more  
distros in vm's, configured them, updated them etc only to nuke em the  
next day!

Well, windows and all my purchased apps are now gone, gone gone hone,  
along with my account details to download em again!

Nice one!

Yes I did have a backup, I emphasise did! While nuking vista and  
installing xp on my father-in-law's laptop, I used MY backup USB HDD  
just for his docs.

Now I only have what is on this laptop, and whatever music I bought  
from itunes (not yet copied on this ibook) I burnt for my wife's car  
music...

Doh, I lost loads a suff. Oh well.

I am forever preaching backups to people, and for once I get nuked....
I blame stargate atlantis, do not install OSes with data to preserve  
while watching telly!

DOH!