> -----Original Message----- > From: ebase Support Listserv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 10:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: Help! > > > Your post to ebase Support Listserv was rejected because an enclosure was > present. Instead, please include a URL where subscribers can retrieve the > file and resend your message. > > > -------------------- Original Message Follows -------------------- > > Marty, What a way celebrate the holidays! > > Given the loud thunk from your computer and the reported > unrecoverable data > from your harddrive I would guess that you just had some kind of partial > harddrive failure. This is a bit rare, the more common noisy harddrive > failure is a thunk then a simple "drive not found" error. Ether way, there > is probably only one answer, Install a new harddrive and restore your data > base from your backup. > > You should also carefully check the NEW hadrdrive for performance re lost > sectors and your PC for reliability before you trust it for new > data entry. > If the crash you experienced was as a result of a power serge or prolonged > under voltage running (say "thank you power company") it could have also > have damaged other components in your PC. > > Good luck Clif > -------------------------------------------- > ebase -Free relationship management software for nonprofits > http://www.ebase.org > -------------------------------------------- > Clif Graves, Programmer > TechRocks > RR4 Box 2000 > Winthrop ME 04364 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > eFax: 425.790.2058 Web: http://www.techrocks.org > -------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:17 AM > To: Graves > Subject: FW: Help! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marty Pingree [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 2:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Help! > > > Hi, > I was just doing some data entry on our ebase program > (Filemaker Pro) and > I heard a loud thud from the back of the computer. Then a message said the > computer had been shut down improperly and began to scan the > files. It said > there was a problem with the C drive with more than 4000 bytes > being used by > what the machine thought was unnecessary files. It suggested deleting or > making a backup; I opted for the backup. It then went through its whole > shutting down and slow restarting thing but it told me I'd lost the > "paymnts_.102" file. It said to choose "recover" to bring it back. I've > done this several times now and nothing's recovered, it says the file of > that name is not available, and I've lost ALL our members' financial > records!! Not only the record I'd just entered but I tried some random > names, of whom I had donation knowledge in my head, and it's all > just gone. > Please tell me if you think this is retrievable and how. Please?! > thanks, > Marty Pingree (a very nervous Marty Pingree!) >
