If your computer crashed right now....

what would you miss most? Certain internet sites, entertainment factor, personal information you have saved on your computer?

When we transferred from Windows 98 to XP, I lost some of my saved files that I forgot to back up. I lost a lot of recipes, contact info and my list of favourite sites.

70% of my online time is spent researching and 30% is spent on forums/instant messaging. Since I use the internet for a lot of research, I would miss the instant accessibility to info and the communication aspect the most.

But I would certainly be upset if I lost all my Nakita pics!! That reminds me, I better back them up this weekend!

I have several computers and one I only use for backing up. I back up once a day, so I'm covered! If that one crashes, though...well...uhh...Let's just not talk about it

I do this because my partner's main computer crashed and then mine 2 days later. We lost ALL our client info and everything we'd been working on that hadn't yet been uploaded. I thought I'd die of anxiety! We had 2 very major PHP applications we were working on and when we lost the databases and everything it set us back at least 2 months of work. Now we both back up files every day automatically.

I'd definitly miss communicating on Instant Messangers, and the TCS. I also use Email for keeping in contact with alot of my family overseas. I would also be devestated if I lost all the pics of my pets.

I would miss my recipes, my pictures, and the internet (in general, especially sites like this one). I am an internet junkie, so about 2 days without one and I'm going through withdrawal.

Kass, don't say that!!!!! I will die!
I will miss talking with my family and my favourite friends. But then again, I have hardly been online lately because life just takes over, you know how it is

AHHHHH!!! My eBay auctions!!! All the pictures wouldn't show up, I'd have to use *gasp* dial up at my in-laws, it'd be a huge PITA!!! Of course I would miss you guys too....

I'd miss most the research I have for Save Samoa and Stray Pet Advocacy. Besides that, I'd miss my favorite bookmarked websites (some I have no idea how I ran across them in the first place).

Don't you dare scare me like that

I would miss TCS , I am a addict

All of the work I have here!!!

Kass don't even THINK something like that!

I would miss TCS, of course ...email

Nothing really, all my pics are all backed up.

i would miss thecatsite the most. all my pics etc. are backed up. and i have a 120 gb hard drive that is partitioned so if my pc crashed it would only be my main C drive.

My job relies on computers. I have close to 400 gigs on my machine. If it crashed, it would be easy for me to fix, but just depends... on $$$

Well... my main PC is in pieces right now... Ha! Motherboard problems though, so no data loss.

If there was a loss, I'd miss my pics, and mp3s too bc they're hard to come by nowadays.

I never really need to worry about being w/o a PC though... Nowadays there's the main PC, the new and in progress Home Theater PC, Heather's mini-laptop, the older laptop, and my Pocket PC which I'm actually using right now. I'm pretty good at this text input, but it's pretty tedious...

PS: It's nice being able to browse the site w/ Zero cuddled up w/ me on the couch.

When I saw this thread today, I burned a CD with every bit of everything that I couldn't bear losing.

Life without TCS?! I couldn't survive! I would be out within the hour searching for a new computer!
When I lost everything because of that virus a little while back, I greatly missed my eBooks and my favorites list since I had many health related sites for kitties and humans saved, some of which I have never relocated. I didn't have my digital camera yet at that time so lost very few pics, but now it would be terrible to lose all the pictures I have of my baby girl! I really need to back up all of my info too!

I would miss Paint Shop Pro the most

Thank you for the reminder! I need to backup some stuff asap.

What a coincidence! My hard drive crashed 2 days ago and my husband rebuilt it this morning. Luckily I have a work laptop that I can use as a backup. After rebuilding it, we lost all our favorites and our mail settings. No biggie, if we really want to go somewhere we'll rebuild the favorites over time.

But if I couldn't get online with anything, I would hate to lose e-mail and chatting.

A fate almost worse than death right now - the European soccer championships have been broadcast for a week now (still the quarter finals), and my husband has been watching them, so I've been spending an inordinate amount of time at TCS. Two prime-time games every evening!

Seriously though, I'd mourn the loss of many photos - I guess I'd better back up my photo albums, at the very least.