[Ham-Computers] Phil's CD Problem

[Philip, KO6BB]

Hi Duane,

It is true that I have a full back-up Hard Drive containing the OS and all 
other programs (Office etc) that I routinely use, that I can restore from, 
and that would be a good idea, except that when I freshly reloaded 
everything from the factory CD's (to be sure I had a clean install) and 
originally created the backup Hard drive, I didn't put the SWLog program on 
the computer as I never expected to use that program again (and still 
don't).  That was why I saved the SWLog databases etc to CD ROM in case I 
wanted to recover the logging data.

Oh well, it's a moot point and life must go on, it's too short to waste on 
fretting over spilt milk.  What I was trying to do was obtain the 
frequencies that I had logged certain utility stations on.  I'll just search 
for them on the web.

This has taught me one thing though.  I once considered using DVD's for 
backup archives, and bought an external burner for that purpose.  Now I 
Won't use DVD's as the sole backup for any of my OTR files, but keep them on 
extra hard drives, no matter how many I may need to get down the road. I'll 
just use the DVDs as an extra layer of "peace of mind" and hopefully they'll 
be good if or when I need one. There are way too many hours invested in 
working on this project to cut corners.

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
http://www.geocities.com/ko6bb/index.html
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----- Original Message ----- 

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> Phil,
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> Since you have everything backed up on a HD that is set aside for an 
> emergency reinstall, why not use that to recover the data you have lost on 
> the CDS that you burned?
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> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
>