Thread:AzlieTheDragon/@comment-37244224-20190607144312/@comment-39778776-20190719203150

TL;DR- External storage and Google (along with Soundtrap) served me well, along with having 2 laptops I used as well. So literally nothing was lost except the Google bookmarks I was about to clear out anyways. I still have the Drarssivern builds, builds of my other characters I plan on using for my YT (which I'm actually making great progress on! I've got the series's 3 seasons fully planned with a synopsis for every episode, and I've already finished an episode and a half! xD JUST 68.5 MORE EPISODES FOR THE SERIES TO GO... hnggghhh)

My old computer was organized so that the stuff I made, like characters and finished animations, were either stored in my Google Drive, or on an external hard drive (more storage you plug into the computer from the outside). All that was really on the machine itself were games and apps like my animation/editing software, Yandere Sim (I saved some of the mods I started in Google, and some on the ext. hard drive), Wizard101, that kind of stuff. A few things were saved on it, but I knew it was close to its time so I saved copies of everything I'd need in Google.

So yeah! All my stuff is still safe! I haven't re-downloaded the animation or editing software yet, but right now I'm really only recording and working on storyboards and I do have Photoshop and recording software (I think I'm using Audacity atm but I've used quite a few things ^^;) on my new computer, so pretty much nothing bad happened.

It was out of space anyway, and honestly, I think that was what partially killed it. Could I find a way to fix it? Yes, I probably could, I had to do it a couple years ago when it nearly pushed up dasies. But in my opinion, I think it's been past due for about four or five years now. I really don't think it should have gone past Windows 7. ;-;

It was a good computer, I had memories with it I'll genuinely miss, like the first time I accidentally installed malware. Heh, yeah, THAT was fun. (iT WASN'T MY FAULT THO, IT WAS MY MOM'S IDEA BUT I JUST DIDN'T CHECK)

But honestly, it ain't even that big of a deal. Everything I'd ever need was saved, (I just lost all my Google bookmarks but honestly, I don't really care much about them. I actually had been planning on cleaning that up.) I can easily re-download my software again when I'm not too lazy to do so ^^, and I've actually got 2 other computers, soooo... One of them's a Chromebook so not much I can download, but still fun, and the other one's a cute HP laptop. Neither of those are old yet, so I know I've still got plenty of time with them! xD So pretty much no progress was lost, just a setback.

It's also good motivation for me to focus on my writing right now, so I can work on getting the scripts right before I end up recording and animating something I don't really like, which has happened before. Trust me, it takes MUCH longer to re-record and animate it bit by bit, than to just start from scratch in the writing phase. It doesn't seem easier, and it actually might be a little bit harder, but it takes less time and you get a better, much more choesive finished product. Plus, bonus content if you find you're in a tight spot and need to post something quickly! Lost episodes! xD

Anyways! Enough of this eulogy, back to GGaD XD