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I bought a new car in November of 06.

It got broken into in December of 06. My wallet, credit cards etc were stolen.

In February of 07 I got rear ended and $6400 worth damage was done to the car.

Tonight, my car got broken into again. This time my work laptop was ripped off.

All of these things happened in West County.

I know, I know - I will never leave anything of value in my car ever again.

But I mean jeeeez. In just a year and a half my car has been nearly totalled and broken into twice.

The hardest thing to deal with is losing all my work. I can buy another laptop but I have so much labor lost.

That sucks doc. Big time.

You have no idea....I have deadlines that I am now going to miss and look really bad.

The laptop wasn't even out in the open, it was partially under the seat, and it was a dark color. I'm so upset...I was only away from the car for 30 minutes.

I waited 4 hours for the "fingerprint" people to come out and tell me there were no fingerprints.

Sorry to hear that. Losing computer files really sucks as it's so difficult to recreate what was lost.

It seems like St. Louis has a problem with car related crime.

Arthur Dent wrote:Sorry to hear that. Losing computer files really sucks as it's so difficult to recreate what was lost.

It seems like St. Louis has a problem with car related crime.

I'm sure it sucks for anyone to recreate what was lost, but graphic design files with a billion layers and fonts and clipart and elements...I don't know if that is harder than what other people need to recreate or not, but I know it is going to suck.

And the people who bought me the laptop...I don't want to tell them...I just want to buy another laptop and pretend this never happened. Except at some point I would have to tell them.

I don't know if my car insurance will cover something that wasn't mine or not. I just hate the world right now.

docellis wrote:I bought a new car in November of 06.

It got broken into in December of 06. My wallet, credit cards etc were stolen.

In February of 07 I got rear ended and $6400 worth damage was done to the car.

Tonight, my car got broken into again. This time my work laptop was ripped off.

All of these things happened in West County.

I know, I know - I will never leave anything of value in my car ever again.

But I mean jeeeez. In just a year and a half my car has been nearly totalled and broken into twice.

The hardest thing to deal with is losing all my work. I can buy another laptop but I have so much labor lost.

I'm sorry Doc. That really really sucks. If there were something that I could do, I would. Sorry.

docellis wrote: I'm sure it sucks for anyone to recreate what was lost, but graphic design files with a billion layers and fonts and clipart and elements...I don't know if that is harder than what other people need to recreate or not, but I know it is going to suck.

And the people who bought me the laptop...I don't want to tell them...I just want to buy another laptop and pretend this never happened. Except at some point I would have to tell them.

I don't know if my car insurance will cover something that wasn't mine or not. I just hate the world right now.

From a fellow computer artist to another, I can feel your pain. Nothing sucks more than lost work, or irrecoverable files. You might want to backup all your important files on an external just in case. I learned it the hardway too.

They say that after a big down point in life theres usually a high one right around the corner. Just stick it out, the sun will come. It always does

Sucks to hear that, doc. I was extremely pissed about getting my car broken into last week and I didn't even lose anything. I can't imagine how it feels to have it happen multiple times and lose important stuff as well.

That really stinks. I hate to tell you this but your insurance company is not gonna pay for a laptop that you left in your car. They won't even pay for cd's.

Sorry to hear that Doc. I can appreciate the time and effort lost in your graphics files. Sometimes, in an effort to recreate lost work, a creative surge or happy accident comes out of it. At the very least, you've eliminated some of the trial and error time in doing it the second time. So here's hoping for that silver lining.

My husband is obsessive in fault tolerance, double and triple sources for backups; on- and off-site. It annoys me sometimes, but when something goes wrong, I sure appreciate it then!

Best of luck for any recovery.