I think one of the 7 levels of hell is going to be the level where a week or more of work on something mysteriously disappers - probably once a week or so. Those poor souls will spend all their time going back redoing work they've already done - and the whole time having this nagging since that this sounded much better last time I wrote it.

Oh wait, no, that's seminary. Never mind.

AKMA,

Sorry for your loss (but it was only words and thoughts, of which you have MANY more).

On a practical note:

If you are not using Google Desktop so it routinely indexes ~everything~ on your system, you are missing one of life's great pleasures.

There are other desktop indexing / search engines -- the one from ask.com quite good, should you be a GoogleHater.

I do not need Google Desktop to save my "where IS that file" bacon often, but it's priceless when I DO lose track.

Second thought: for a while I used a (freeware) keylogger. My goal: never lose anything (because it REALLY annoys me).

The keylogger worked (all formatting dissapears but that's the easy stuff).

I finally uninstalled the keylogger. I thought it was interfering with another application.

I no longer think it was the culprit, but have not bothered to track it down and re-install.

But if you really wnat to NEVER lose any text, a "keylogger" certainly works.

Some might be shocked that I installed a little software engine to capture everything I write.

But so what? The NSA already knows my thoughts before I even think them.

What do I need to hide?

(I am sure as a deeply religious man you can take this to ~A Higher Level~.

be well. Don't despair. Thoose were only words, after all.

be well
-ron k jeffries