Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 15:01:57 01/28/04
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On January 28, 2004 at 17:18:06, José Carlos wrote: >On January 28, 2004 at 16:45:25, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>Sorry to tell you the bad news, but when I returned from Bismarck ND, I found my >>computer with a virus that deleted my entire hardrive. I left my nephew checking >>my cats, and he downloaded music and according to Osvil(My nephew) my computer >>suddenly became blue and stopped working. When I came back my nephew Osvil gave >>me the bad news, and I had to delete my entire hardrive to get rid off the virus >>and I reformatted the hardrive and installed Windows XP again, but my Bliztzer >>program which I never made a copy on a CD or Disk was deleted from the hardrive. >>I am still installing some of my programs that I still have the CDs into my >>system. I should have told my nephew not to mess around with my computer while I >>was gone, but at this point it is too late. >> >>PS: Anyway Blitzer needed a lot of debugging and I was in the process of >>implementing a better pawn evaluation and King safety, but now I don't feel like >>starting all over from scratch again. >> >>Jorge > > I don't know if this will make you feel better but I've restarted Averno from >scratch three times, and then wrote Anubis also from scratch. Each new rewrite >means a better design from a better understanding and, in my case, a big jump in >strength. > But you have learned a lesson most of us has also learned somehow: make backup >copies often. > Good luck. > > José C. Thanks José, later on I might restart all over again, but for now my hands are tied with a new baby girl. Jorge
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