From: e-mail.me@from.BRmovie.com
Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the
Replicant Bernie Dwyer covertly transmitting a message to renegade
friends in alt.fan.blade-runner. Tracking...
>Netrunner wrote:
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>> And for GOD's sake, PLEASE back up your data.
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>> Netrunner.
>
>Amen brother - got a customer whose data I had to recover from a crashed
>HDD - got back all but about 100 of *thousands* of photographs. Advised
>her to get a new computer because I couldn't guarantee the
>mobo/processor/memory/video/whatever wouldn't die next week, and then
>she's thowing good money after bad. So, she buys a new machine, I
>transfer all files from the old machine, she's even bought blank DVDs to
>do the backups.
>
>Twelve months down the track, the HDD in the new machine fails (bad MBR)
>- it's still under warranty, so I tell her to contact the retailer for a
>replacement/repair.
>
>"And you've got your backups, right?"
>
>Sheepish look from customer.
>
>"well, I bought the discs, but I never got around to it."
Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been to that horrible place where you think you might have lost
something irreplaceable (though luckily being a "computer guy" didn't
actually lose), but there is absolutely nothing like that to make you
realize just how vital it is to make REGULAR backing up data as
important as brushing your teeth. Not to mention those recovery
discs, etc. Remember, Disaster Recovery is all about planning
beforehand, NOT wishing afterwards. And especially with those digital
photos that only exist digitally - don't lose them!
You have backed up your data haven't you? I mean, after I screamed at
you and begged of a God that doesn't even exist, you did make sure you
have current backups right? Because if you didn't, you're stupid.
Netrunner
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"I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned
to live without it."
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
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