[LOGic] Bob Ahrens your HDD problems

[Bob Ahrens]

As for the lost log -- it is one more reason to do LotW -- you can 
download the basic information from their server and rebuild much of an 
otherwise lost logbook.

-Bob
NT5A

Mark Klocksin wrote:
>
> 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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