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Heh, that reminds me of one time at a local computer shop. I was picking up a new hard drive. The store guy took the bare drive from the display case, slipped it into an antistatic bag, then dropped it *WHAM* on the counter. It only fell maybe 3 inches but it was enough to kill the drive. Fortunately, I lost no data in this incident.
--Mike--
"So where does that leave us? Well, it leaves us right back where we started, only more confused than before." -- Matt Gullett
Ericahist | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber
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Awhile back I needed to reinstall windows so I backed up my mp3s, recorded TV shows, and some other documents to my other computer. Before I restored all of my non essential files I crashed the OS (2003 Server expireware) and had to reinstall but I forgot to restore my backups first. At least I had backed up my important documents first though.
Matt Newman
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Our systems at work are at the mercy of IT (or whatever the acronym of the week is) for backups, software installs, ... we mere users aren't even allowed to CHKDSK!
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UltraJoe wrote:
we mere users aren't even allowed to CHKDSK!
Matt Newman
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Thats why I fought to get a seperate development netowrk isolated from Idiotic Twerps !
Elaine (defensive fluffy tigress)
PS Got it !
The tigress is here
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I got received a second-hand iPaq for my testing purposes. It was completelly hard-reseted. After about a week I managed to make a situation, that the iPaq doesn't work anymore and only hard reset can help (said it was for testing).
so I did, and amazingly all data stored in contacts by the previous user reappear again...
Maybe Compaq have some miraculous backup utility running there?
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geo_m wrote:
Maybe Compaq have some miraculous backup utility running there?
Its actually a part of Compaqs plan to take over the world. First they give the illusion of a "crash" and "lost data" then make it miraculously reappear. You've been infected report immediately to the death camp uhhh..., temporary internment camp for cleansing
:P
Matt Newman
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Just curious, how many of you back up your non-dev machine? I've always been to lazy to do so, and as a consequence have lost many valuable files( which include game saves and mp3s )
Which reminds me, I better backup my dev-box, which I haven't done in a while( 2 months )
Nick Seng (the programmer formerly known as Notorious SMC)
God, I pity me! - Phoncible P. Bone
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My dev machine is the same as my non-dev machine, but yes, I back up my non-dev data, too.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Nick Seng wrote:
Just curious, how many of you back up your non-dev machine?
I back up my photo's onto (multiple) cd's Other than that, everything is either on my work server, or the server which hosts my (currently out of action) site.
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
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All my source is in a VSS database which resides on my server.
I have an HP DAT Streamer which makes almost daily backup of my VSS DB, my Exchange Server and all files I would not like to loose.
Every now and then I burn all my work on a DVD, and places that DVD at my brothers house, just in case of theft or fire...
I would not like to loose all my work, there are several years of source and other stuff.
- Anders
Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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Here and there, we run a check on all of our staff machines to check if everything is either in CVS (did it take work to do? Goes to CVS) or in our backup server (copy there, and overnight it is tape backuped).
Reecently, we found that the most valuable asset that would be lost is the pr0n collection from a guy here...
ORACLE One Real A$#h%le Called Lary Ellison
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I had a customer for whom I've written a MSSQL/.NET app for.
The IT guy called to say they were getting some funny errors. When I checked it out, every table I came to seemed to be empty!
While I was trying to work it out, the IT guy called back and said, I think I may have deleted the database. Somehow he had dropped every table in the database!
Good news was they were using the full recovery model. I had to back up the transaction log, restore last nights backup then restore the transaction log to a point in time 1 minute before the tables were dropped. Miraculously it worked!
Needless to say he was rather pleased!!!
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Do what exactly did Dave do that inspired this?
Regards,
Brian Dela
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I'm not sure I should tell tales out of school
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I'm not sure I should tell tales out of school
... Pity..
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Brian Delahunty wrote:
Do what exactly did Dave do that inspired this?
Well, i have no first- or second-hand knowledge of this situation, nor am i terribly familiar with David's behavior. However, i think we can reconstruct a reasonable idea of what happened based on what little is known.
Facts:
- Dave is Canadian.
- Dave is a Big Man at Dundas Software.
- John Candy was also Canadian, and also was a Big Man.
With these truths in mind, i propose the following occured:
Dave, arms full of Dundas Software Backups and Labat Blue, was driving (his dogsled) home from the office. Suddenly, a pack of wild wolves attacked, hungry for beer and customizable software components. The wolves quickly devoured Dave's trusty dogsled team, and all seemed as if it would be lost. But thinking quickly, David fashioned a life-sided John Candy figure out of snow and gravel and the lock of John's hair all True Canuks carry with them at all times. While the wolves dulled their teeth on the enormous statue, Dave was able to sneak away, and make for the shelter of the local RCMP. Though badly bitten by Wolf and Frost, David was thus able to save the precious Software.
Sounds plausible, don't it?
Shog9
drifting along
with the tumbling tumbleweeds...
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Shog9 wrote:
Sounds plausible, don't it?
Absolutely
Ryan
Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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ROTFLMAO... Nice one Josh
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Shog9 wrote:
Facts:
Dave is Canadian.
Dave is a Big Man at Dundas Software.
John Candy was also Canadian, and also was a Big Man.
Matt Newman
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You sir are a very bad man.
David
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If somehow a Martian could be fitted somewhere,this could be real news!
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If only his name was Doug.
We could probably do a and :doug: skit. Hoser's of the world stand up and raise your beer and donuts.
Chris Meech
"what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002.
"And when you need to hire a programmer to do mostly VB programming, it's not good enough to hire a VB programmer, because they will get completely stuck in tar every time the VB abstraction leaks." Joel on Software Nov 11, 2002.
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Chris Meech wrote:
beer and donuts.
The Breakfast of Champions!
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb; but the Lamb will not get much sleep..." Lazarus Long
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All my important (work) data is on a Unix based CVS server which is backed up nightly with copies of the tapes being stored off-site. I have one current project which has yet to be added to the Unix repository (I use a local CVS repository) which I FTP to a backup folder on our Unix box when I am in the office. Ditto for my email messages (I have mailboxes going back to 1997 for some reason). Hence, if my laptop goes titsup.com then I might lose a few hours work at most. Thnaks to the joys of ADSL/VPN, even when at home I make sure I copy my local CVS store to a central server just in case my laptop gets dropped/stolen. I would spend more time re-installing my local apps (Visual Studio, etc.) then I would recovering lost code.
My biggest worry would be losing all my MP3s! I am considering investing in a portable backup drive for this reason (my boss wouldn't be too pleased if I uploaded 10GB of MP3s onto one of our central servers!).
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
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