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Post by Dave on Jul 23, 2010 12:46:46 GMT -9
Well, my laptop's hard drive crashed on me. I'm sure I've lost all of my files for the Blackbird Tavern, Starship Corridors and a couple of other projects. It hurts to see them go, but I'm back to work on my souped-up (but less portable) PC.
I don't want to dwell on what's gone, so I'm just plowing ahead with new projects. Some folks have expressed an interest in World War ruins, and I think that's a great place to start. I'm pretty happy with my selection of medieval ruins, so why not move into the (more or less) modern age and wreck some stuff there?
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Post by tugunmojo on Jul 25, 2010 17:25:31 GMT -9
Man, that sux! I'm sorry to hear that has happened to you  Because Jump Drives are so cheap anymore, I have an 8G that I use to back up my laptop about one a month, sometimes sooner. The easy way to do this is to creat a single folder and use it as your backup folder. Everything is saved to that folder. Now, to keep things sorted, I have various sub-folders, but when it come to "back up time," all I have to do is copy that folder onto the jump drive--the whole thing, no time wasted trying to figure out what is new or old. This idea was suggested to me by a friend of mine who is a computer "expert" and has some mishap about every two weeks! At least this idea of his is a good one. Hope this suggestion helps  |
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Post by highlandpiper on Jul 28, 2010 21:07:37 GMT -9
Having now gone through two hard drives this year so far I can sympathise with your predicament.
I now have a 250GB internal for my O/S and main programs. A 500GB for data and a 1TB external to back both of them up. I'm not taking any more chances.
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Post by Dryw the Harper on Jul 28, 2010 22:05:05 GMT -9
Keep the drive and put it in the freezer for 48 hours, you may still be able to get the information off. I'm not kidding, this really works (though you should put the laptop drive in a freezer bag first). Pick up an external laptop drive enclosure that plugs into a USB port. If it was Windows XP without a password, you should be able to see it as a normal storage drive. On Windows Vista and WIndows 7 or if you had a password on it, you may need to run it through a recovery program.
Dryw the Harper
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Post by moloch on Jul 28, 2010 23:29:33 GMT -9
Having now gone through two hard drives this year so far I can sympathise with your predicament. I now have a 250GB internal for my O/S and main programs. A 500GB for data and a 1TB external to back both of them up. I'm not taking any more chances. Yep, thats how I have mine set up. My system drive is seperate from my data drive althought I dont have an external drive but a flash drive or saving to a dvd works for me for data I deem critical. |
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Post by Sirrob01 on Jul 28, 2010 23:42:58 GMT -9
Similar to highlandpiper I have a 300gig external which go's everywhere with me. Plug it into the home desktop and backs itself up to the secondary internal drive. Only thing that worries me now is if the house burns down while I'm home... Any chance of salvaging the drive and the data? I've had some success using spinrite in the past. looking forward to the new stuff |
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Post by josedominguez on Jul 29, 2010 4:07:40 GMT -9
Keep your backup in the freezer when you're home!
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