[Hallicrafters] Lesson Learned

[Elden P Laffoon, Sr.]

Roger, don't feel bad!  I just had the same thing happen to me within the
past couple of weeks with a 40-Gig drive running XP Pro.  The drive
(fairly new Maxtor) failed.  On it, I had stored several hundreds of $$$
of software in addition to all my mail folders.  However, once my new
replacement arrived from Maxtor, I successfully slaved the damaged drive
and completely retrieved ALL my valuables without loosing anything!  The
minute the last folder completed transferring, the damaged drive
completely died!  Talk about luck!
I definitely feel your pain!

73's,
Elden  KB9OEX


On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 12:10:12 -0500 "rdhalste" <rdhalste at tm.net> writes:
> The Hallicrafters group has been a wealth of information, "Hint's and 
> Tips"
> if you will, on restoration of the old gear as well as sources for 
> parts and
> materials.
> 
> I know the stuff is available in the archives, but I'm going to 
> start
> creating my own archive. The reason...To have the information 
> compiled into
> sortable/searchable form.  That and I did have several thousand 
> posts all in
> their own folder.
> 
> Note the "did have".
> 
> Last week end, this computer suffered a massive crash...The "fatal 
> type".
> It was my fault, not the OS, and due to the much better reliability 
> and
> stability of XP Pro over the previous versions used, I had 
> unfortunately
> grown lax in my backup procedures.
> 
> It probably would have been better had I done the restoration at 
> some time
> other than 3:30 AM as well.  Even though all the applications were 
> on the
> drive the OS no longer knew that and it took two all nighters to get 
> them
> back.
> 
> So, I lost all the addresses to those of whom I have replied, or 
> contacted
> directly in the last 6 months as well as all that information.
> 
> You'd think a guy who lives, eats, and sleeps computers would have 
> known
> better...Guess I'll have to chalk it up to lack of ambition.
> 
> I forgot to go in and save all the mail, address book, and favorites 
> files.
> They are in the OS and a reinstall removes the old ones.  It's a 
> simple
> matter to back them up...but ... too late now.
> 
> I learned several things.  One, is not do do critical tasks after 
> 3:00 AM.
> Another is, When an application crashes and tells you to "Roll back 
> to the
> Previous known good version of the OS", you should take it with a 
> grain of
> salt and instead, go to the restore point prior to the attempted
> installation first.  Only do the "roll back" as an absolute last 
> resort.
> 
> Roger (K8RI, EN-73, & ARRL Life Member)
> 
> 
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