Just thirty minutes ago, I had a Hyperdot panic attack. I lost all of Hyperdot’s data, including this blog, and my web neighbour, Emily’s blog. My heart pumped profusely with nothing to do but just stare at the computer. My forehead was damp, and I sat there helpless.

Because Hyperdot’s ‘Awestats’ web counter has not been working since November, I was told by my tech support provider to follow several simple steps, but because I was all cocky and thinking that I knew what I was doing, I just skimmed the directions.

Then I realized that I ended up terminating my account. Terminating your account means all files on your webspace will disappear. Forever. Because Hyperdot runs on Linux servers, there is no Recycle Bin to recover the files.

I didn’t back up the files.

Thank goodness to the folks at getsomesupport.com. They provide ultra-fast responses if you submit a ticket during office hours. They were able to restore the site’s files to the server’s latest backup. Only a miniscule data (the most recent) was lost.

It’s kind of weird that Hyperdot has really become part of my life. It seemed like I just lost my baby during my panic attack. I love Hyperdot. Hopefully, you website owners won’t me like me and almost had to learn the hard way. Backup your files!