Gerald Next time a hard drive fails (and there will be a next time) you may want to give Spinrite a try. Steve Gibson has made his living for over 20 years from this program. It is not cheap but has an awesome track record for hard drive recoveries.
Look at http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm Happy Holidays Rick ve3mm On 18-Dec-07, at 7:20 PM, Gerald Youngblood (FlexRadio Systems) wrote: > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
