[extropy-chat] Fractals and Crash

[Gina Miller]

It's interesting that you point this out. Of course I do back up my data,
and in fact it was while I was actually doing a backup of my internal drive
to an external Iomega hard drive that my system crashed and when rebooted
found it's way to an irreversible blue screen of death. The data lost, was
the data between backups (it only takes a minute for me to change the
structure and add files to my system i.e animation programs). I use cd, DVD
and external. Sometimes, things just happen at the wrong moment.........this
isn't the first time. This was a file allocation problem, which made it
impossible to repair with any software, bootables or recovery console. At
any rate, my main concern here, was to inform others that I work with on
various projects, of the situation. No comments on the fractals? Thanks!
Gina`


> On Thu Jan 15, 2004 01:56 am Gina Miller wrote:
> > My other news is that my computer crashed on the 3rd. I have sent
> > that drive to a recovery service and I am now running on a new drive
> > with a clean install.
>
> It should be pointed out that this will happen to everyone on the list.
> Yes, YOUR hard drive will crash. It might be next year, it might be next
> month, but it will cease to be at some time.
>
> So, take steps to protect your data while you still can.
> (Disk recovery services are expensive!)
>
> Buy another disk drive and use it for backup copies. They have become
> pretty cheap now. If you buy a new faster drive, you can use it as your
> main drive and use the old one for backups. Cost it as an upgrade for
> your pc. You'll have to buy another drive anyway when the old one
> breaks, so why not do it now?
>
> If you are nervous about opening your computer to fit another drive,
> then you can buy an external drive that just plugs into the back of your
> PC. An external drive has the advantage that you can store it away from
> your main pc, so it will still be safe if your main pc is stolen or in a
> fire.
>
> There are many backup alternatives, of course. A cd-writer can be used
> for weekly backups for example.
>
> But do something to protect your data.
>
> BillK
>
>
>
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