Always Back-up Your Harddrives!!! - GoFuckYourself.com

TheSenator · 12-18-2006, 12:56 PM

Just recovering from the worst weekend ever.

My main C: drive literally blew up! It made the crazies sounds.
I had only back up things that were important to me like photos of my family.

I lost all a major chunk of content, contacts, un/pw, submit passes, programs that were customized to my flavor, videos and many more things that come up as I work.

I lost my ARLES gallery maker. I lost all my email archives.

Oh well, I see this as a new beginning.

I am using Open Office, Thunderbird email and many new programs I would have never used.

I'll be contacting a lot of my sponsors throughout the week.

cess · 12-18-2006, 01:32 PM

This won't always save your data but if more people checked the S.M.A.R.T. status on their drives this kind of thing wouldn't happen so often.

It probably takes less than a minute to download, install, and check your drives.
http://www.hdtune.com/

chowda · 12-18-2006, 01:36 PM

my hd crashed too. sucks ass. would like to recover that shit

Stallion · 12-18-2006, 01:38 PM

that sucks. I had that happen and then backed up stuff on seperate drives incase one goes down.

JD · 12-18-2006, 01:40 PM

i back up to DVD once a week

TheSenator · 12-18-2006, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cess

This won't always save your data but if more people checked the S.M.A.R.T. status on their drives this kind of thing wouldn't happen so often.

It probably takes less than a minute to download, install, and check your drives.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Thanks

Iam using it right now. Cool tool

webair · 12-18-2006, 01:47 PM

hmmmm im going to look into somtheeing turnkey that we camn set up to image a pc..like a pc backup account =))

salesman · 12-18-2006, 01:48 PM

the same happened few years ago to me (was just listening to mp3s from my harddrive), it took some time to set everything up again, and then came a successful period for my work

cess · 12-18-2006, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSenator

Thanks

Iam using it right now. Cool tool

No Problem. I'm sure you'll be glad you used it when you see one of your drives is going bad and buy another before the bad one completely fails on you.

DutchTeenCash · 12-18-2006, 02:54 PM

backing up email and important stuff every week on usb drives and dvd

Ive learned, got backups from 97 on now

reynold · 12-18-2006, 08:13 PM

Damn! It sucks to hear that, man. I make sure I always have my back-up here.

Spunky · 12-18-2006, 08:19 PM

Always a good point to do so for sure

Calvinguy · 12-18-2006, 11:28 PM

I sleep better with RAID1 than a backup

woj · 12-18-2006, 11:40 PM

had same shit happen to me a year or so ago, not a fun time :-/

draude · 12-18-2006, 11:51 PM

it happens to me last month, damn, but now i've make sure backup files

Vitasoy · 12-19-2006, 08:22 AM

Sorry to hear, I have experiece that problem in the past too. Now I use Acronis to do my hd cloning

Barefootsies · 12-19-2006, 07:49 PM

Rochard · 12-19-2006, 08:30 PM

I've lost so many hard drives back in the day that it wasn't funny. So I got smart.

1) All of my links, passwords, etc, are all stored on a local start page - in HTML. Every Saturday I burn this start page (now it's own site really) to CD.
2) Any pictures I take are backed up to CD the same day.
3) Any pictures I download from Al Gore's Interwebby thinger I store in one folder on my computer, and every saturday I upload these to a server.

Email is all done through company email, and my personal email goes through gmail.

I keep all of the original copies of all software I need.

I can loose a hard drive and start operating off of a new computer instantly without skipping a beat.

sniperwolf · 12-19-2006, 09:40 PM

sucks not to... hope things work out great man!

LiveDose · 12-19-2006, 09:42 PM

I learned that lesson a long long time ago. I lost a laptop HD this year and had everything backed up luckily....

Illicit · 12-19-2006, 09:45 PM

Acronis True Image Workstation - Use it.

TheSenator · 12-19-2006, 09:47 PM

Managed to stabalize my harddrive for a few hours. Pulled out a lot of stuff that I needed. Still life is sucking.

NemesiS876 · 12-19-2006, 09:48 PM

I use for that Norton Ghost and no problemo

GooSearch · 12-19-2006, 09:51 PM

i am fighting a virus on my main computer..trying to back everything up before i format the drive

JasonB · 12-19-2006, 11:43 PM

http://www.drivesavers.com
It cost me $2500 but they were able to save 100% of my fried drive

bdld · 12-20-2006, 01:19 AM

that fucking sucks, it's like starting over from scratch.

kane · 12-20-2006, 01:42 AM

I got a virus that ended up frying my hard drive about 6 months ago. I lost a ton of shit and it was a real pain in the ass to replace it. I bought a program called Ghost 10 that makes a mirror of your hard drive and use it every couple of weeks. It's pretty sweet.

spacedog · 12-22-2006, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSenator

Just recovering from the worst weekend ever.

My main C: drive literally blew up! It made the crazies sounds.
I had only back up things that were important to me like photos of my family.

I lost all a major chunk of content, contacts, un/pw, submit passes, programs that were customized to my flavor, videos and many more things that come up as I work.

I lost my ARLES gallery maker. I lost all my email archives.

Oh well, I see this as a new beginning.

I am using Open Office, Thunderbird email and many new programs I would have never used.

I'll be contacting a lot of my sponsors throughout the week.

Serves you right for being an idiot

jaromir · 12-22-2006, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSenator

Just recovering from the worst weekend ever.

My main C: drive literally blew up! It made the crazies sounds.
I had only back up things that were important to me like photos of my family.

I lost all a major chunk of content, contacts, un/pw, submit passes, programs that were customized to my flavor, videos and many more things that come up as I work.

I lost my ARLES gallery maker. I lost all my email archives.

Oh well, I see this as a new beginning.

I am using Open Office, Thunderbird email and many new programs I would have never used.

I'll be contacting a lot of my sponsors throughout the week.

terrible situation, the percentage of the HDD crashs is very high, so the only one solution is backup. I'm using personally the freeware archival utility www.7-zip.com, which i may configure and use it in the my BAT files, so my backups are small and crypted via 256b AES (7z is very feature rich compressor)

starpimps · 12-22-2006, 10:35 PM

hrmn i should start backing up my harddrives
this scares me

just_beginner · 12-22-2006, 10:46 PM

that sucks... about 2 years ago i had same problem...

12-18-2006, 12:56 PM	#1
TheSenator Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 13,336	Always Back-up Your Harddrives!!! Just recovering from the worst weekend ever. My main C: drive literally blew up! It made the crazies sounds. I had only back up things that were important to me like photos of my family. I lost all a major chunk of content, contacts, un/pw, submit passes, programs that were customized to my flavor, videos and many more things that come up as I work. I lost my ARLES gallery maker. I lost all my email archives. Oh well, I see this as a new beginning. I am using Open Office, Thunderbird email and many new programs I would have never used. I'll be contacting a lot of my sponsors throughout the week. __________________ ISeekGirls.com since 2005

12-18-2006, 01:32 PM	#2
cess Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,921	This won't always save your data but if more people checked the S.M.A.R.T. status on their drives this kind of thing wouldn't happen so often. It probably takes less than a minute to download, install, and check your drives. http://www.hdtune.com/ __________________

12-18-2006, 01:36 PM	#3
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12-18-2006, 08:13 PM	#11
reynold Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Global Traveler Posts: 51,271	Damn! It sucks to hear that, man. I make sure I always have my back-up here.

12-18-2006, 08:19 PM	#12
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12-18-2006, 11:28 PM	#13
Calvinguy Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: European Union Posts: 1,752	I sleep better with RAID1 than a backup

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woj <&(©¿©)&> Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 47,882	had same shit happen to me a year or so ago, not a fun time :-/ __________________ Custom Software Development, email: woj#at#wojfun#.#com to discuss details or skype: wojl2000 or gchat: wojfun or telegram: wojl2000 Affiliate program tools: Hosted Galleries Manager Banner Manager Video Manager Wordpress Affiliate Plugin Pic/Movie of the Day Fansign Generator Zip Manager

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12-19-2006, 08:22 AM	#16
Vitasoy GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 58,202	Sorry to hear, I have experiece that problem in the past too. Now I use Acronis to do my hd cloning __________________ [email protected]

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Rochard Jägermeister Test Pilot Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NORCAL Posts: 74,038	I've lost so many hard drives back in the day that it wasn't funny. So I got smart. 1) All of my links, passwords, etc, are all stored on a local start page - in HTML. Every Saturday I burn this start page (now it's own site really) to CD. 2) Any pictures I take are backed up to CD the same day. 3) Any pictures I download from Al Gore's Interwebby thinger I store in one folder on my computer, and every saturday I upload these to a server. Email is all done through company email, and my personal email goes through gmail. I keep all of the original copies of all software I need. I can loose a hard drive and start operating off of a new computer instantly without skipping a beat. __________________ “The choice is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal and crazy.” - Sarah Huckabee Sanders YNOT MAIL \| THE BEST ADULT MAILING SOLUTION

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TheSenator Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 13,336	Managed to stabalize my harddrive for a few hours. Pulled out a lot of stuff that I needed. Still life is sucking. __________________ ISeekGirls.com since 2005

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NemesiS876 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,436	I use for that Norton Ghost and no problemo

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12-19-2006, 11:43 PM	#25
JasonB Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,183	http://www.drivesavers.com It cost me $2500 but they were able to save 100% of my fried drive

12-20-2006, 01:19 AM	#26
bdld $100,000 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 11,452	that fucking sucks, it's like starting over from scratch.

12-20-2006, 01:42 AM	#27
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	I got a virus that ended up frying my hard drive about 6 months ago. I lost a ton of shit and it was a real pain in the ass to replace it. I bought a program called Ghost 10 that makes a mirror of your hard drive and use it every couple of weeks. It's pretty sweet.

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