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I just LOST my D: Drive off my XP machine's HD!
On 3/15/2021 10:12 AM, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 06:20:42 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
> wrote:
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>> On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 11:51:00 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>> On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 9:39:12 PM UTC-5, wrote:
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>>>> I kid you NOT! The whole ****ing D: drive, an archive drive I kept safe from WinXP! Gone!
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>>>> Now I have to take my XP machine up to my fave Computer Shop to see if they can find it!
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>>>> I have the weirdest computer problems! :-(
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>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
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>>> I don't understand why you are taking your old computer to the repair shop.
>>> You're a computer engineer, why aren't you jumping in there and fixing this
>>> problem?????????? Use that 'degree' you crow about all the time!!!
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>> My local Computer Shop has some good restore tools and they can probably find my lost D: drive. It has a ton of old archive pics on it. Stuff of my house's restore, etc. Old pics, and I want them BACK!
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>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
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> This is why pics should always be on an external hd - for safety. I
> value mine so much that I also keep an hd at one of my friends place
> so that should a fire happen and I am out, they are still safe. Very
> basic thing to do.
>
Not to mention running periodic backups (you can select which drive to
back up) to the external drive. I keep my external drive in a small
suitcase-type fireproof safe (along with essential papers).
Jill
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