[LOGic] Bob Ahrens your HDD problems

[Mark Klocksin]

Jennifer, I can't help you at this point, but perhaps to make you feel  
just a little bit better...
most of us have been through something like this.  And even some of us  
who DO (did) have a backup have lost data.

In my case, I felt totally protected because I backed up (imaged) my  
entire "C" drive to a second internal drive on my computer.   And one  
day...I turned the computer on and it didn't boot.  'Turned out I had  
taken some kind of surge, because BOTH hard drives and a serial card  
were destroyed!!  So the lesson for everyone is (as Dennis recommends)  
is to have more than one backup.  I now back up to a second hard  
internal drive, an external drive (that I usually leave unplugged),  
AND a USB drive.  Hopefully, this will do the trick--if not, it will  
probably be due to something more important going on like some kind of  
natural disaster!

73 es gud luck!

Mark WA9IVH


On Oct 12, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Mel Martin wrote:

> Not much of what you say makes any sense to me Jennifer. i would  
> advise... turn off the computer immediately and call someone who  
> knows what they are doing to assess the situation. it may be  
> possible to recover your data... but do nothing. turn off the  
> computer.
>
> as for no backup... that is foolish... and should be a lesson to  
> anyone reading on the reflector. a regular backup is essential and  
> can be completely automated with free software. a flash drive cost  
> very little and is probably the best method. BTW, as Bob is finding  
> out... it's better to back up the entire Logic folder. With 2GB  
> flash drives under $20 there is no reason not to.
>
> i had a drive failure recently and lost nothing... but like Bob, I  
> had to rebuild a lot of settings and stuff... I was still fixing  
> things weeks later ;-) That's why I recommend backing up the whole  
> folder which I do now.
>
> Jennifer wrote:
>> I saw your E-mail about your HDD, boy do I have it worst!!!  I  
>> forgot to set the computer to see the HDD as a slave, and in a few  
>> min's the HDD's logic "Get it, Logic" Partitives, went from NTFS  
>> and formatted  with a lot of data including  3500 mp3 files.  My  
>> HDD drive went back new, not formated, any ideas, ANYONE.  I lost  
>> over 5000 contacts with my Logic 8, feel really sick.  :-(   No  
>> back up,  is there a way or software to help me to restore my  
>> data.  I know nobody cares if I get on the air again, but the data  
>> was a part of me.  :-(
>> Jennifer
>> WA4CVV, not much of a Ham
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