Crash

Using the old faithful IBM with XP after my computer crashed last night. Took it in to see if they can retrieve every thing lost.

With 250gb external hard drives going for $50 or less, having redundent back ups is not only a good idea, it's affordable.

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Ouch!!!!
The new ones are what to watch out for(ie: your old faithful IBM is still going}like the difference between a horse and buggy and a new 2012 car, more stuff to go wrong and I'm sure you have heard of Murphy's law ,if it can go wrong it will. Chris is right the cost of a good back up is usually less expensive that repairs especially if you can't recover the data.
Good luck!!!
Mel

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I had carbonite and it didn't do anything.
Pretty so I'm going to have 3 computers to work with especially if they can fix the other two.

Sorry to hear that, Bill.

I have 3 external HDs, and I try to do backups frequently, or at least after special photo downloads, before I delete the images from the memory card.

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Your memory card can also serve as a backup, though a bit pricey. I keep all of mine--in a fireproof box and/or safe deposit box. (Best to keep them off-site if possible.)

This past year I had a serious natural gas leak under my home and had to evacuate. I could have been on the news that night, and left with no home (or worse). Fortunately the gas people got things under control fairly quickly, but it was scary and very serious. In that case I was given five minutes to gather my important things. Where do you start? Better have a plan.

I do agree with those who suggested the external drives (now huge) and a system such as Carbonite.




Edited: 03/24/2012 at 08:19 PM by Connie Fox

Thanks Richard I will try that.

I did not think twice about an external hard drive when I bought my Dell 4550 11 yrs ago. It still runs great but I have always kept my photos on a 250 GB Western Digital and all of my music on a 160Gb Western Digital drive. I never run these drives to an extreme so they will likely last a very long time. A headache removed.

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Originally posted by: Thomas Curtiss
I never run these drives to an extreme so they will likely last a very long time. A headache removed.

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You can always hope Thomas.

I highly recommend Carbonite. Just the piece of mind that you have off site protection goes a long ways toward a good backup plan. I also keep one drive in a fire safe. I try to take it out and update twice a year.