I can personally vouch for the need to back up! Yesterday, I heard my laptop disk suddenly start going, "kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk,...." The disk activity light stayed on continuously and when I did the CTRL/ALT/DEL it went blue screen. My heart sank. I did a hard shutdown and tried to reboot. I goes to the point where it tries to access the disk and then it goes, "kirchunk, kirchunk, kirchunk,...."
Well, I have over 15 years of address book and email records stored in Outlook with no backup. I dropped it off at a disk recovery company here in Austin today. They say the cost will range from $400 to $1,900 depending on the damage. I knew better but I kept promising myself I would look into online backup over the holidays. I think Murphy was listening to my promise. :>( Take heed all, lest yours crashes too. 73 and Merry Christmas to all, Gerald President FlexRadio Systems -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken N9VV Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:06 AM To: Flex-radio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] [OT] please backup your PC Dear friends on the Flex list, this is a nagging reminder to lease backup your PC on a regular basis. ------------------------------------------ Clean your disk of junk (C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe) Clean off your old Internet cache (history) in IE or your favorite browser Defrag your disk (C:\Windows\system32\dfrg.msc) (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/) Check your disk for file integrity and consistency [best done from SAFE mode - F8 when booting] C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkdsk.exe /F C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkntfs.exe W4TME recommends a good Registry Cleaner like RegistryFix http://www.registryfix.com ----------------------------------------- Please backup your important files. Write them to a CDROM or DVD. [do a test later to be *sure* you can read the CDROM/DVD] Keep the CD in a safe place. Don't forget: [ ] The XYL files, kids homework, music, IM, email [ ] Bookmarks or Favorites [ ] Address book and Email files [ ] Documents and important letters [ ] Spreadsheets [ ] Electronic Log entries and digi program sub-directories [ ] AIM Buddy List [ ] Skype Contact List [ ] Favorite DOS programs [ ] wav and mp3 recordings [ ] All those Field Day, shack and antenna pictures [ ] Digi mode files and programs (EasyPal, FDMDV, VAC, vCOM) [ ] Propagation programs [ ] DX Cluster access files [ ] TortoiseSVN files [ ] Teamspeak subdir [ ] Any text files containing LICENSE keys It *can* happen to you! - disk manufacturers stay in business by selling hard drives. Their high performance disks can fail after 36 months of continuous use. Back up and be safe! Happy Holidays to all the Flexers, de ken n9vv _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
