junior year

A typical worst-case scenario disaster for college students is the “OH my God, my computer just died and with it went my thesis!” debacle that more people than you would believe fall prey to every year.  I can understand the horror that must accompany this feeling because my girlfriend is currently writing a painstakingly difficult thesis and I know how terrible it would be for her to lose it at any moment.  It’s a truly disparaging moment when you see your computer refuse to boot up properly or the dreaded blue screen rears its ugly head.  However, thankfully, methods have been developed to aid in the amazing process of data recovery such that if your computer dies and has sensitive or otherwise important information still onboard, it is likely not lost forever.  Software continues to be developed that helps with the process of resuscitating your computer, such as raid recovery software, so that if (when) your computer dies, fixing it is far from impossible.  Rather, just like most problems can be solved on the Internet, you just need to point your browser to the appropriate service and you’ll likely be back on your feet in no time.  What would have once been a complete disaster is now a manageable annoyance- thanks to the Internet.