Re: [OT] New toys, new problems?

"Bernie Dwyer" <b_duibhirz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> schreef in bericht 
news:4813D8DA.11EFE959@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Netrunner wrote:
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> <snippetty>
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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."

D'ohh!! Some people are just asking for it. :-/