I come here, frequently now. I find some comfort in knowing I am not alone. I am 
truly sad however that I along with so many others have lost our beloved systems. 
I know I probably shouldn’t but I keep asking: what have I done to my system to deserve 
this?
 
I have read and reread the epitaphs looking for a reason for all this but I find 
none. Grasping for meaning to grab hold of. I find none except that we all fell prey 
to running after Microsoft. I feel punished as I recall my decision to abandon more 
open systems.

Oh sure, they weren’t perfect but I can’t help but feel my files would still be here 
if I had not given in to the seduction of Microsoft. I am tormented, daily now, to 
recall the good times with little hope of seeing them again. Those times when I shared 
files and happily listened to MP3s and knew my personal data was safe. My files now 
are corrupt, dirty and unusable. I cannot bear to tell anyone about my failings for 
fear they will think I am not geek enough.

Sadly, Microsoft is silent on this subject while perhaps thousands suffer. You know 
they know. And every day more and more files, entire folders of files disappear from 
the face of this Earth with barely a cryptic display from CHKDSK. Sometimes I think 
it would be better to just have it all go at once.

And yet, I visit nearly daily. Hoping against hope that someone will emerge with 
an answer to answer everyone: why my system?

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