Re: [OT] New toys, new problems?

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.
>> 
>> 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
im****tant as bru****ng your teeth.  Not to mention those recovery
discs, etc.  Remember, Disaster Recovery is all about planning
beforehand, NOT wi****ng 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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