[Leica] backup backup backup

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Mar 13, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Ric Carter wrote:

> Want to add something to this subject that i was reminded of the hard way 
> just minutes ago.
> 
> my lightroom lives on an external drive (~10K images), used it this morning
> 
> went back to it and it refused to open--"unrecognizable"
> 
> run diskutility--could not repair--even after multiple tries
> 
> LESSON 1: Had a backup on another harddrive--automated every time the 
> drive is started (carbon copy cloner)
> 
> After letting my panic settle (had the backup), i tried diskwarrior on the 
> trashed harddrive--
> 
> complete recovery, except for the name of the disk
> 
> LESSON 2: Own DiskWarrior.


I agree 100% on both Ric, Diskwarrior is invaluable for the mac, just ran 
it, before reading your note,


Steve


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> 
> On Mar 11, 2010, at 11:43 PM, leo wesson wrote:
> 
>> Worst nightmare.  Main drive crashed.  That leaves all my working
>> files backed up on 1 other drive.  I go to back up that drive, trip
>> over the powercord and knock it off the table.  Drive unreadable.
>> Lost a bunch of stuff.
>> 
>> Backup backup backup your stuff please.  Don't be unhappy like me.
>> 
>> Leo Wesson
>> Photographer/Videographer
>> 817.733.9157
>> www.leowesson.com
>> 
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