GONE! ALL GONE!! - Page 2

U-104 · 08-19-05, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

I feel like crying. Last night Windows XP took a dump on me to make a LONG story short. Anywho, today I had to reformat and reinstall. I lost ALL my SH3 mods!! All 4.15 GB of it!!!

I lost alot of other data as well. I have been meaning to back it up and have been taking things easy not to risk things. Who would've thought something really simple and mundane would have caused Windows to puke. Looks like I will be spending a LOT of time at terrapin's site later. Now I must get back to reinstalling drivers and programs.

ouch!

Tuomas.ss · 08-19-05, 04:00 PM

When these things happen its good to have Windows on it's own partition, that way you can format just that one and keep all other data. Last time I did this I found that most games actually work without their registry entries. Had to reinstall other apps though.

gws226 · 08-19-05, 09:13 PM

I have a spare 60gig POS that I keep handy for backing up my data. I could probably use something a little bit bigger, but its great to have around in pinch.... and it no longer takes hours and hours to backup to dvd.

jasonb885 · 08-19-05, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Gizzmoe

RAID1 only protects you from harddisk failure. If one harddisk dies all the data is still on the second one. I once had a customer whoÂ´d thought that RAID1 is a 100% protection, then his PSU died and killed his entire computer. Harddisks, CPU, Board, everything. He also had never made a backup...

Completely agree. Always make backups to another device in a different system. When backing up to media, make multiple copies. Store at least one copy offsite. Backups are your friend.

Damo1977 · 08-20-05, 01:26 AM

:hmm: Me thinks me better start making backups....

svenks · 08-20-05, 03:57 AM

Sorry to hear your tal, Syxx...

We have a saying: "Real men don't make backups...but then they cry a lot".

Forget about CD/DVD backups. It takes WAY too long, and there is always the possibility that a small hiccup ruins it. Get yourself a large harddisk, 160-200 GB, an USB-to-IDE cable and power supply or an external cabinet with a fan in it. Here in DK, that would cost you around 1000 DKR = some $150.
You can you XP's own backup (needs to be installed from CD), or I can recommend Paragon Drive Backup. That has saved MY a** more than once. It's not too expensive, and the nice part of it is, that it comes with a rescue CD, which lets you restore a backup without having XP running. It does have a few, minor bugs but I find it is worth it!

EDIT: Gizz is absolutely right about RAID1. It only protects you from exactly 1 kind of failure: The chrash of one of the disks. Also, you need a RAID controller to be able to do this. XP can't do it, unless you want to hack a couple of the system files...No, well I thought so..

BRGDS
Sven

ICBM · 08-20-05, 08:38 AM

Auch man, I've been there as well, lost an entire drive full of my beloved music, movies and other important stuf due a very rare FAT table failure.

I was ready to kill someone!

I bought another HD + an external USB drive.
XP + progs & Games on drive 1, important stuff on drive 2, and the USBdrive mirroring #2 with SeccondCopy 2000: auto backup.

That RAID stuff is to cumbersome and prone to failure imho, this is much easyer. (and cheaper since you don't really need duplicate HD's)

NEVER trust Hard Drives!

redstorm101 · 08-20-05, 12:51 PM

I feel for for you...Hope you get it running smooth and soon.... :|\

Mr.Werner · 08-20-05, 12:59 PM

Windows xp sucks, that's why you should do like me and only use WIN 95.

Sure I can't play SH3, but who needs that when you can play AOD!

Kpt. Lehmann · 08-20-05, 09:45 PM

... been there... done that.... got the T-Shirt....

You have my sincerest sympathies.

Syxx_Killer · 08-20-05, 09:58 PM

Thanks guys. I'm getting there. I pretty much have most of my mods redownloaded and unzipped. There are still a couple that I am searching for, though. I guess in a sort of deranged way, it is good that I lost the mods. It didn't take me that long to regain most of what I lost and it allowed me to streamline my collection. There were a lot of mods from the older patch versions that I knew I wouldn't use anymore. With mods being updated, I let them kind of clutter up.

08-20-05, 01:26 AM	#20
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	:hmm: Me thinks me better start making backups.... __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

08-20-05, 08:38 AM	#22
ICBM Navy Dude Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Holland. Posts: 175 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Auch man, I've been there as well, lost an entire drive full of my beloved music, movies and other important stuf due a very rare FAT table failure. I was ready to kill someone! I bought another HD + an external USB drive. XP + progs & Games on drive 1, important stuff on drive 2, and the USBdrive mirroring #2 with SeccondCopy 2000: auto backup. That RAID stuff is to cumbersome and prone to failure imho, this is much easyer. (and cheaper since you don't really need duplicate HD's) NEVER trust Hard Drives! __________________

08-20-05, 09:45 PM	#25
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,993 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	... been there... done that.... got the T-Shirt.... You have my sincerest sympathies. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

08-19-05, 04:00 PM	#17
Tuomas.ss Nub Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	When these things happen its good to have Windows on it's own partition, that way you can format just that one and keep all other data. Last time I did this I found that most games actually work without their registry entries. Had to reinstall other apps though.

08-19-05, 09:13 PM	#18
gws226 Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 28 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I have a spare 60gig POS that I keep handy for backing up my data. I could probably use something a little bit bigger, but its great to have around in pinch.... and it no longer takes hours and hours to backup to dvd.

08-20-05, 03:57 AM	#21
svenks Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 129 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear your tal, Syxx... We have a saying: "Real men don't make backups...but then they cry a lot". Forget about CD/DVD backups. It takes WAY too long, and there is always the possibility that a small hiccup ruins it. Get yourself a large harddisk, 160-200 GB, an USB-to-IDE cable and power supply or an external cabinet with a fan in it. Here in DK, that would cost you around 1000 DKR = some $150. You can you XP's own backup (needs to be installed from CD), or I can recommend Paragon Drive Backup. That has saved MY a** more than once. It's not too expensive, and the nice part of it is, that it comes with a rescue CD, which lets you restore a backup without having XP running. It does have a few, minor bugs but I find it is worth it! EDIT: Gizz is absolutely right about RAID1. It only protects you from exactly 1 kind of failure: The chrash of one of the disks. Also, you need a RAID controller to be able to do this. XP can't do it, unless you want to hack a couple of the system files...No, well I thought so.. BRGDS Sven

08-20-05, 12:51 PM	#23
redstorm101 Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta,GA Posts: 120 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I feel for for you...Hope you get it running smooth and soon.... :\|\

08-20-05, 12:59 PM	#24
Mr.Werner Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 29 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Windows xp sucks, that's why you should do like me and only use WIN 95. Sure I can't play SH3, but who needs that when you can play AOD!

08-20-05, 09:58 PM	#26
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Thanks guys. I'm getting there. I pretty much have most of my mods redownloaded and unzipped. There are still a couple that I am searching for, though. I guess in a sort of deranged way, it is good that I lost the mods. It didn't take me that long to regain most of what I lost and it allowed me to streamline my collection. There were a lot of mods from the older patch versions that I knew I wouldn't use anymore. With mods being updated, I let them kind of clutter up.