Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Warren. Insofar as I can tell, the HD is working normally. I'm still checking things. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Pearce" <pearceww at rmi.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Strictly OT: System Crash > One painful lesson I learned many years ago is that hard drives always > fail. Its when, not if. > > I do a data backup to at least 2 external drives every week or 2 and these > drives are not normally plugged into the computer. Its critical to have at > least 2 backups. I had a failure a long time ago and I plugged in my only > backup. The failure then destroyed my backup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I always > have at least 2 backups. > > I have 2 partitions on my computer's hard drive. C: has the operating > system and all the programs. D: has all my data files. That makes backing > up the data files a lot easier. > > The Acronis program will clone your entire hard drive to another hard > drive that can replace a failed drive and the Windows operating system > will still boot. I use Acronis every few months to make a backup of the > entire computer's drive. > > WWP > > > > > > At 12:51 PM 6/8/2011, you wrote: >>Strictly OT, but I have a question. I was copying some files to a CD this >>morning, and, while the CD was being finalized, to enable it to be used by >>others, my Windows XP system crashed. A DOS screen came up that I have >>never seen before. I shut down and rebooted, but the HD just kept showing >>steady activity. I tried restore points back to a week earlier, but they >>all failed. Has anyone encountered anything like this? >> >>After many attempts at restarting, I am finally up and running again. I >>have created a new restore point, just in case. >> >>After almost two hours, I am a WRECK! >> >>Jim Nichols >>Tullahoma, TN USA >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > Linda & Warren Pearce > Colorado Springs > 719-548-1748 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >