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Title: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 12/06/10 at 17:01:38 ...because the next day the power supply to my desk top went out. It really sucks too because when it went out it damaged my hard drives and I had a lot of movies, manuscripts in various degrees of completion, and a lot of photos. None of which was properly backed up on disks because I was stupid enough not to think of doing it. :'( :'( :'( |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by LostArtist on 12/06/10 at 17:07:35 bummer man, but at least you have a computer to get around with. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 12/06/10 at 17:14:58 6D4E5255605355485255210 wrote:
Very true, even though my notebook is a HP Omnibook 6000 which is so obsolete that when it came out Windows 2000 was the newest OS. But oh well, it still works. And it isn't too slow for having only a 900mhz processor even though I am used to a 3ghz. To tell you the truth, I am surprised that my desk top lasted as long as it did. I built it over five years ago. So I reckon a comp that lasts that long did pretty well. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 12/16/10 at 11:38:53 You know what sucks the most about my desktop crashing? Two days later I finally get word from a publisher about why my manuscript was declined. It all boiled down to because I didn't go deep enough into my characters' point of view. Easy fix right? Wrong, the manuscript I needed to revise was on my desktop and I had forgotten to back it up. http://annemccaffreyfans.org/forum/images/smilies/banghead.gif And the publisher wants me to revise and resubmit. http://annemccaffreyfans.org/forum/images/smilies/banghead.gif I know this ain't bike related Sluggo, but the guidelines do say: Quote:
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by babyhog on 12/16/10 at 12:50:46 Sorry Yonuh. Did you keep a printed copy? There are some good text converters if you could scan it, then convert it back to text. How long was it? I'd probably be willing to do it for you, if you could scan it and email it to me.... Oh, I've also seen alot of "online backup" places now. Anybody use one they'd recommend... or not recommend? |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/16/10 at 12:55:02 0A3C3D263B12373A203A530 wrote:
Ask the guy who read it to send the copy back. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 12/16/10 at 14:12:23 2D3234332E2918281820323E75470 wrote:
Ask the guy who read it to send the copy back.[/quote] Already have. It was an e-mail submission and I haven't heard back if she will send it back to me. I did find my first rough draft so I am in the process of re-typing it into my notebook (backing it up on a flash drive as I go) I just hope I can remember what revisions I had already made previously. Hopefully I can get it done and get everything suitable for the editor. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Stimpy - FSO on 12/16/10 at 18:15:06 dude, stop, there is still hope IF that info is REALLY important to you this is what you do: Your hard drive is probably fried but all that info is still in there, so buy a used hard drive of the EXACT make, model and capacity of your old one, dissasemble and trade the aluminum disks, done. this is tricky but possible, i've done it, twice :D |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Tanker2Biker on 12/17/10 at 02:07:13 5761607B664F6A677D670E0 wrote:
"There are those who have been hurt by not backing up their data, and those who have not....YET" With all we do on our 'puters these days, back-up is an essential task. Yonuh, I feel your pain. I have sat at my desk and started my desktop and heard that awful grinding sound of a physical head-crash, and, and with a sick-to-my-stomach groan wondered "!%#*, when did I do my last back up", and realizing it had been WAAAAAY too long. With yours, it sounds like the problem was electrical not physical, so as Stimpy said, there is hope. The data is, most likely, still there. Check your area for data recovery outfits. They are not cheap, but depending on the pain of what might be lost, it might be worth it to you. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by babyhog on 12/17/10 at 05:15:51 Email submission? Did you delete it from your "sent" items? |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 12/17/10 at 09:34:54 3536373A38225B0 wrote:
Unfortunately, yes. If my younger daughter would actually find the flash drive I loaned her a few months ago, I have a copy of my manuscript on it. But her room is a black hole. You need a flare just find your way back out of it when you venture in. (unfortunately she takes after me in that regard, when I was her age my room was a disaster area as well) I will definitely look into any data recovery places we may have around here. Thanks guys for the suggestion. Would the fact that I was running a bootlegged OS hamper the data recovery? I have sense finally ordered a legitimate copy of the OS I was using, but the drives in my desktop at the time of failure still had the bootlegged copy. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by verslagen1 on 12/17/10 at 10:13:04 did you try plugging in those drives into the new computer? And for backup, drives now a days are cheap, darn near dirt cheap. Buy an external drive enclosure with a usb interface. Plug it in and back up your data. $50 for a tera byte drive and $20 or so for the enclosure. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 12/17/10 at 11:24:01 687B6C6D727F797B702F1E0 wrote:
Yes I tried to install the drives into my daughter's computer which works fine, but it just goes to the windows logo screen then begins the reboot process all over again and then it repeats. But when my daughter's drive is hooked back up it boots up with no problem. I do plan on getting a tb external hard drive for back up files and movies that I download. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by verslagen1 on 12/17/10 at 11:47:12 I wouldn't use them as boot drives, see if they can be accessed as data drives and download what you need. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 12/17/10 at 12:07:02 2B382F2E313C3A38336C5D0 wrote:
Good idea, I'll try that. I'll let you know if it works. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 12/17/10 at 13:12:58 695F5E45587154594359300 wrote:
Good idea, I'll try that. I'll let you know if it works.[/quote] Well, that worked like a fart in a whirlwind. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by sluggo on 12/17/10 at 17:33:43 1721203B260F2A273D274E0 wrote:
Very true, even though my notebook is a HP Omnibook 6000 which is so obsolete that when it came out Windows 2000 was the newest OS. But oh well, it still works. And it isn't too slow for having only a 900mhz processor even though I am used to a 3ghz. To tell you the truth, I am surprised that my desk top lasted as long as it did. I built it over five years ago. So I reckon a comp that lasts that long did pretty well.[/quote] my pentium133 i built in 97 still play's music for me, that and basic surfing. 13 years old and still going. i've replaced the cpu fan several times now. keep it clean and cool darn thing should last for some time to come |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 12/27/10 at 08:45:07 Ordered an an IDE to USB adapter and was able to connect my desktop hard drives to my notebook's USB port and Viola: I was able to access all the data I thought I had lost including my manuscripts, movies, and other misc. bullsh!t. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by Dj12midnit on 12/27/10 at 09:41:47 I see this all the time. I would get a usb converter pull the data off to a back up then run chkdisk on it and put it back in the system. ninety percent of the time this will get the drive up and running. good luck. |
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Title: Re: Fixed Notebook just in time... Post by IN-S40 on 12/27/10 at 15:32:48 With two desktops and 3 laptops in our household doing backups was a pain! My solution was a EX470 HP Mediasmart home server. Runs a backup every night and is pretty simple to use and has saved my butt a couple times when the girlfriends laptop crashed. They can be had for a decent price on ebay. From what I have heard HP is no longer going to be making them however a basic computer running Windows Home Server is basicly he same thing. Darren |
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