Re: Computer Backup
- From: rvfulltime <rvfulltime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:42:09 -0500
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:59:14 -0500, Bob Giddings <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm having some problems with my laptop.
I experienced a complete and utter crash down to CMOS, and had to
reinstall XP, after installing AVG on my system. I don't know if
there was a connection, but I'm still using AVG and no problem in
a couple of weeks.
Now my CD/DVD drive is acting up. There's a problem with
stuttering audio in DVD and music CD, but not with CD data. At
least I can install from it.
I've got an extended warranty I want to use for this, but I need
to back up everything again before hand. Any time you send off a
laptop for repairs, the HD often gets wiped even if they don't
need to.
I am thinking about buying a back up HD system, and wonder what
you guys are using for that. I've always just backed up critical
files, but then I've never before experienced a crash like this
last one. I couldn't even get to DOS on the hard drive. No safe
mode. No system restore. A black screen of death.
What I'd like is to be able to copy everything over to another
drive, and then just copy it back via USB or firewire, so all I
need to reinstall is the basic operating system.
It took me two days to approximate my usual settings after this
crash. I lost a lot of URLs. That is not the end of the world,
but next time I hope to make recovery easier. Nothing like being
thrown in the river to make you want to learn how to swim.
There's lots of different solutions at Circuit City, running
around $150. Any preferences?
Bob
http://www.arcatapet.net/bobgiddings
<rant on>
System management tools, like a decent backup, are very poor on
Windows (XP, NT, 2000, ME, 98, etc). There is no real tool designed
to recover your data from a complete hardware system crash. I worked
for 20 years on a computer system that in the case of a severe disk
failure, it was pretty easy to simply restore your most recent system backup
without having to reinstall the operating system. Someday Microsoft
may be advanced enought to reach the 1980s when it comes to
system recovery.
<rant off>
I feel sorry for you.
Your sound problem may be old device drivers. Make sure your device
drivers are up to date. Make sure all patches have been installed.
There are some better 3rd party backup packages, but I don't know
how good their recovery procedures are for a disk crash.
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