Life can be frustrating at times.  Especially, when it comes to computers and where I put stuff.  Well frustrating for me anyway.

A while back I corrupted my operating system on my laptop.  I downloaded a video viewing file and even though it said it was going to mess with my Active X and asked me if I was sure I wanted to do it, I said yes and immediately got a virus, or so I thought. 

I had recently loaded Norton 360 Antivirus on the laptop in place of McAfee.  I removed the McAfee but as I found out later some of it had remained and was fighting with my Norton 360 and causing me problems.

I went ahead and was going to load Windows 7 on the laptop so I backed up all my files to my PC.  I then later after Laila's son straightened out the laptop went ahead and just kept my XP.  

So I had all my work power points backed up on the PC and my PC at work.  The PC at work died a couple of weeks ago as I blogged about.  And I thought I copied all the power points back over to the laptop.

Today we tested out of the WSC-3 and will be starting DAMA tomorrow.  The guy I have been observing asked me to teach the First DAMA class and he would teach the second one once he felt a little more confident.

After they tested out I came over and checked out all the DAMA equipment for proper operation and then broke out the laptop to review the lessons, but my new DAMA power points are not on the laptop.  I do have the first two new lessons on the DAMA classroom computer but the other new lessons are not here.

I am worried that I might have accidentally lost them while transferring stuff, and that would be awful.  I put a lot of time into some of them, especially the operation of the unit power point.  So the first thing I will do when I get out of here for the day is go home and look for those files.

I have everything I was using to make the power points on the laptop.  All the pictures are here.  The IG is here.  The old power points are here.  If I overwrote those files I will kick my own butt.  It is not that I can't teach the lessons or anything.  I just put in a ton of work to make these power points really simplify a few difficult areas of the course. 

Well time to get the classroom the rest of the way ready for tomorrow.  

I am safe.  I came home and did some checking.  There was a file I forgot to copy so I am all set now, thank God.