It's Official, I'm An Idiot ....
By Marie Anne
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
United States
September 5, 2008 10:54am CST
I just went to my blogs to add a statcounter, and while there, decided to clean house a bit.
I looked at my blog about my PTC sites and saw an entry or two that was no longer valid and decided to open those and delete them as they served no purpose except to use up valuable space.
I looked and looked, and clicked this tab and that, and finally opened the one I wanted (or so I thought) and clicked on 'delete'.
Well you can imagine what happened next ...
I deleted the entire blog! All my entries, list of my best sites, all sorts of tips, all my payment proofs - GONE!
I know I'm grasping at straws here, but is there any way to get all that back?
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27 responses
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
5 Sep 08
[i]wow...I can just imagine the feeling Ldyjar, I have no idea really if you can retrieve it, hope you will get some good tips from other members!
I have tried that several times but only when I am typing and I am about to finish, accidentally, I will lost it and it is very disappointing![/i]
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
I really am devastated, because I can't re-create it the way it was.
I can go back and make some posts about my favorites and such, and re-create the payment proofs because I still have the pictures, but it won't be anything like it was.
I guess I better just go ahead and start over.
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
5 Sep 08
wow! Anyway, patience is a virtue! Just take your time!
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Updating: Read my response to number below!
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Already done. I'm hoping it will be back up soon!
Now if I could just train my brain to catch up with my fingers, I'd be all set.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
5 Sep 08
OH GOSH!! 
How terrible!
I can imagine how I would feel too.
Mine is not exactly a blog with posts like yours and as you say they cannot be retrieved.
I have copies of my 'bux' blog. I copy the posts about once a month 'just in case' but it is never an updated copy as it gets outdated as soon as I place another entry.
I keep a copy of all the banners with the site info I remove too.
I have no idea IF it is possible to retrieve it but I fear not - and I feel for you here 
How terrible!
I can imagine how I would feel too.
Mine is not exactly a blog with posts like yours and as you say they cannot be retrieved.
I have copies of my 'bux' blog. I copy the posts about once a month 'just in case' but it is never an updated copy as it gets outdated as soon as I place another entry.
I keep a copy of all the banners with the site info I remove too.
I have no idea IF it is possible to retrieve it but I fear not - and I feel for you here 3 people like this
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Updating: Read my response to number below!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
5 Sep 08
I'm not a whiz kid on my computer but I do copies of my posts and save them on block notes. Very simple but effective 
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
No, I wouldn't even know how to do that, and it's at blogger, so I don't think it's something I could even do. The best I could do is keep it in word or something before posting to the blog, but even then, it wouldn't restore it to it's original dates, etc.
Regardless, I searched long enough in the help section of blogger and see that you can request it be restored, so I just did. No idea when it will show back up, though.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
LOL, you nut.
Read my response to #6 above - problem solved!
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@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
5 Sep 08
Did you preview your blog, or publish it. If you published it I'm afraid it's gone, but you might go to support and see if there's any way to get it back.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
There were quite a few posts, so yes, they had all been published.
But yes, I'm happy that they can fix my stupid mistake!
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@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
5 Sep 08
Sorry, your last post came up while I was typing mine. Hope it works.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Oh I am so sorry!! Can you contact the admin where you got your blog and see if they have a hard drive back up or whatever it is called to maybe save what you lost? That is just an idea. I hope you can find an answer. God bless you!
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
I'm thinking about contacting them to see if there's anything they can do, but I doubt they'd pull something out just for my one little blog.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Updating: Read my response to number below!
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@BarBaraPrz (47670)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Sep 08
Well, I see you've solved the problem before I finished reading about it. I was going to suggest contacting the admin... things are never permanently deleted in computerland, they just become invisible. Everything that ever showed up on the web is cached somewhere out there. But I'm not a computer tech, so couldn't tell you how to go about it. I just know that it can be done.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
I know it can be done too, I just didn't know how easy it would be to pull up just a single blog without it being a big hassle.
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@kimbers867 (2539)
• United States
5 Sep 08
OH NO! This has not happened to me YET, but I can just imagine the pain and heartache you are going through.
Good luck!
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
I really did have a lot of good info there and I'm sick about it.
I'm going to take a break and go watch TV and crochet. Another incident with some friends online has left a bad feeling in my mouth too.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Updating: Read my response to number below!
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@sconibear (8016)
• United States
5 Sep 08
ooooh......bummer.
i don't think there is a way to get it back once it's deleted.....
but thanks for this discussion, it reminded me that i have some housecleaning to do at my blog.
last time i looked i have some blank spaces that used to be banners.
dang DDoS attacks and scammers! 
i don't think there is a way to get it back once it's deleted.....
but thanks for this discussion, it reminded me that i have some housecleaning to do at my blog.
last time i looked i have some blank spaces that used to be banners.
dang DDoS attacks and scammers! 3 people like this
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Be careful!
I just want to cry. I need to step away from the computer for a bit, I think. It has brought me nothing but trouble this morning.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Updating: Read my response to number below!
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@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Wish I could be of some help here Ldyjarhead... but I can't. I am sooo sorry! I sure hope you are able to retrieve it all. What site were you using for your blog? Maybe their server has it saved... have you tried to contact them? Can't hurt to give it a shot. Good luck!
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Turns out you CAN request that they restore it. Took forever to find it, but I'm sure glad I did! It isn't back up yet, but I'm just thankful that it will be, I don't care if it takes them a day.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Done deal! I searched the help section forever before I found a way to request just that.
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@sweethomecatring (1563)
• India
5 Sep 08
Committing error unintentionally do not lead to be a idiot. You are resource person and experienced you might have a back up of entire data why do not you resort to that.
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Even if I had saved the text from the blogs, it wouldn't put them back with the original dates and such as they happened.
No matter, I just found the solution on the help site at blogger. You CAN request that they restore a blog that you deleted accidentally!
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@lilcee (2703)
• United States
5 Sep 08
I hate it when that happens. I don't know of any way to get them back unless you can find them in your recycle bin? I don't know. I've never done blogs so I'm not sure how all that works. Hope you can figure it out. I know how frustrating that can be.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
All is not well yet, but I'm confident it will be. Unless they think my silly little blog isn't worth their effort, LOL.
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@cwilson26 (2735)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Nope, you're not an idiot. These things happen. When I read your discussion, I got sick to my stomach because I thought of how I would feel if it happened to me. Blogs are fun but they do take work. Anyway, I'm glad they are going to restore it for you but I bet you will still be feeling sick until they do. :)
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
5 Sep 08
hi ldyjarhead did you try going to your delete place and retrieving it by filling in the pertinent data about your
blog. I know sometimes I have accidentally deleted a music file instead of something else I meant to delete, and managed to'
retrieve it by filling in enough blanks so the delete place had something to go on, you need perhaps atitle and some first words and the number of the drive it was on. Sometimes it works, and sometimes not but if it did then you have saved a lot of hard work you would otherwise have lost. hope this helps . good luck.
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
6 Sep 08
No, it wasn't deleted from my computer, it was deleted from the internet, period.
It's like telling myLot to delete your account, and then trying to log in and of course it's not there.
I did find out that they will restore a blog that you accidentally deleted if you can give them enough information, and I did that earlier today. Hopefully it will be back up soon.
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@iakulchen (615)
• Singapore
5 Sep 08
Well, you resolved it all by yourself by the time I read this. Glad that you could solve the problem :)
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Me too. I was NOT in the mood to try to re-create anything. I was so upset at myself I didn't even want to look at it.
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@prinzess1515 (1341)
• United States
5 Sep 08
I am glad that you were able to fix it. Now don't touch it ever again! j/k
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Yea, no joke!
I still do need to do some editing there, but I'll be much more careful next time.
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@macs05225 (180)
• India
5 Sep 08
Well Ldy I must say, a blunder has been done by your side.I can understand what you will be going through, as your all efforts has gone into vain.The only way for you is to contact the admins; and they often assist.
Best of Luck !!CHEERS!!
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Already in the works!
Apparently this has been done before (ha!) and they have a plan in place to rescue people like me with fingers that are faster than their brain.
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@Jul14nch0 (1414)
• Argentina
5 Sep 08
Pacience and good luck making it all back =S
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
5 Sep 08
I am not usually a very patient person, but I persevered until I found the right spot in the help section. They CAN restore it for me!
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