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Rough Day... Crash, Boom, Bang...

So... I got a nasty surprise this morning...

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My hard drive is dead. I needed a bigger drive... but this isn't how I wanted to get it. Especially since I have a LOT of stuff that isn't backed up. Pictures... Designs... Contracts...

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So... Now I have to figure out if the data is recoverable. I really hope that is is recoverable and doesn't cost as much as a small car.

What is the take-away? Carbonite... Local Server... Back-up Utility... Do something... I had a crash a long time ago. It didn't hurt as much as this one. I started backing up stuff. Time went on. My guard was down. Bigger, badder crash. This one hurts...

I'd love to hear from you...

Posted by Lane Bailey - REALTOR & Car Guy on 10/30/2009 10:10 PM

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7 Comments on Rough Day... Crash, Boom, Bang...

OCT

sorry............I think???

All hard drive crashes are not the same. All are bad, some worse than others. I use I-drive tp back up email (free). Zipformonline stores all my contracts. When important spreadsheets are closed they are emailed to a Hotmail account for storage. So many easy ways to protect that become a habit.

OCT

Lane, Mine started making funny noises and I got a couple of blue screens of death - which made me call Dell and they had me run diagnostics. Sure enough 8 errors on the hard drive and that clicking noise indicated my drive is likely to CRASH - so they just sent me a replacement. It arrived yesterday. Monday I go to the computer guy to upgrade to WINDOWS 7 on the new drive & get things reinstalled. Luckily I had fore warning and have been able to back up -- BUT I hear you on the Carbonite - set it up and let it do the remembering so I don't have to remember to BACKUP.

Consider Windows 7 - if your a PC - when you get the new drive.