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Yangdu

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As Some Of You May Already Be Aware And For Those Who Are Not, I Apologize For All The Inconveniences That Occur When One's Computer Locks Up Or No Longer Functions Properly. I Have Invested In A New Modem At Quite An Unexpected Expense But That Has Not Completely Solved The Problems That I Am Encountering. (oh, How I Wish Uncle Bill Were Here To Take Care Of This)! It Looks As If It Will Be Into Early Next Week Before This Will All Be Resolved And I Am Back In Business. I Do Appreciate Your Patience And Understanding And I Really Am Doing Everything I Can To Correct This. Again, Thank You, Each And Everyone.any Suggestions Anyone Has On Retreveing My Order Program Will Be
 
Good luck with the computer problems, Yangdu. I know that must be frustrating (to put it mildly). No worries. We'll be here.

Eric
 
Yangdu, A few month's back my system CRASHED and I had to get a new one, a man here in Boise had a program that recovered about 85-90% of my data. Cost about $300 but recovered 18 gigabites of stuff.
I know it is frustrating, good luck

Dick
 
Good luck, Yangdu. If I may suggest something, you might think about a Zip Drive to back up your system of information if you can recover it or re-compile it. Basically, it's an external drive to back up your files so that if your hard drive crashes you wound lose important files. Kind of like a really, really, really fat floppy disc:) It's sort of outdated technology these days as most people store data back up in other ways. However, for someone who wants an easy storage option, a Zip Drive might be a good thing.
I have one at my office that we do not use. We back up what little data we have on CD's. So, if you see this as a viable option, please feel free to let me know. I would be more that happy to send you the drive as well as enough zip discs to back up 5 or 6 computers worth of data;)

Best of luck you. Computers can be big trouble:(

Jake
 
I have had computers crash because of software and hardware problems. One computer had a hard drive that failed and had to be replaced.
I use flash drives to backup files, and zip disks, but the best method is to use an external hard drive. They are now relatively inexpensive, and well worth every penny!

Computers are like people - they get sick. Sometimes it is software (mental problems), but sometimes the problem is hardware (physical problems).
 
Arty- your idea to use an external hard drive is excellent. A simple solution for a business owner. (or a writer- my main computer is down and has my book on it)
Here's a prayer that Yangdu gets her computer woes settled and can return to work soon.



munk
 
I'm sorry to hear of all these pesky PC issues Yangdu. I hope all is straightened out soon. We miss you, you know.
 
Hard drives have come down in cost. The price of a small external hard drive (portable) is less than that for a high quality 1X42 belt sander. I have a Seagate portable hard drive at home, but have the LaCie hard drives at work. The new LaCie hard drives are not much larger than a zip disk, but hold 40 or 60 Gigs of information. The 6 gig Seagate portable costs about $85 and is small enough to fit in a pocket (as are the LaCie portable drives).
 
Munk, you are right about ZIP drives. I use zip disks to transfer files from one old computer to more modern machines at work.
If not for this, I would not use them anymore, and would not recommend investing in them now.
Flash drives and external hard drives are better options.
For backup at home, you can't do better than a good external drive by a maker like Seagate or LaCie...or perhaps some other brands that I have had less experience with.
 
Munk, Zip drives are notoriously flaky. They lost a class-action lawsuit a few years ago because of this. I use mine for dead-storage and moving files only now.
For backup, I would go with a CD/DVD burner. Cheap medium and very robust. The burners are very affordable now too. I have an external firewire drive that I use for data only. The value of these systems, is that in the event of a catastrophic crash, you only need to plug the external drive or pop the CD/DVD into a working machine and you're back in business. Another good back-up solution is to use an off-site storage system via the Internet. Off-site storage has obvious advantages.
Bottom line...do as I say, not as I do:D
 
Another option is to install two internal hard drives and configure them in a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) configuration. You can set the drives up so that the second drive mirrors the first drive, which essentially gives you an automatic backup of whatever happens on you main drive.

Another option is to buy a DVD burner (not expensive at all these days) and back up critical data to a DVD.

Good luck. We'll be here when you get back.
 
about a hour ago i walk into the room that my puter is in and it has a blue screen -saying critical error-system shutdown-

figure ok thing just died,also smelled a funny burning smell-open it up and notice a little fuzz inside the fan on this big heatsink-take off the fan and its about 10 million times more than it looked like-get some compressed air,create a dust storm not seen since the dust bowl-

turn on and whamo it works-

also much quieter than i ever remember-lol
 
One fact is the trust we all have for Yandu no one thinks about her being off line while transactions are going on...not many venders can claim that kind of customer confidence!
 
Bri in Chi said:
Munk, Zip drives are notoriously flaky. They lost a class-action lawsuit a few years ago because of this. I use mine for dead-storage and moving files only now.
For backup, I would go with a CD/DVD burner. Cheap medium and very robust. The burners are very affordable now too. I have an external firewire drive that I use for data only. The value of these systems, is that in the event of a catastrophic crash, you only need to plug the external drive or pop the CD/DVD into a working machine and you're back in business. Another good back-up solution is to use an off-site storage system via the Internet. Off-site storage has obvious advantages.
Bottom line...do as I say, not as I do:D
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regular backups are important. i'd recommend to EVERYONE buying and external usb 2 (and/or firewire) drive (like lacie) for copying files to, and every say, 18 months, rotate a new one into the farm. eventually, the older ones will/do fail - don't throw them out - some geek can replace the drive itself in the enclosure (assuming it was only the drive). goodness.

for folx that have a lot of computers, or laptops, sometimes it's useful to have an external fast dvd/cd burner (like again, the lacie; useful esp for apple computers)... for desktops, one can buy a 16xeverything dvd burner, say, an NEC model (1550? see www.techbargains.com for the latest), for $25-35 for the baredrive. DVDs hold many GB of backups. using GOOD media, this makes a good secondary to HDs.

if you know how, do IMAGE/ghost backups. regardless of OS, this is a good thing, hot-backup, instant clone, back on your feet in an hour if need be - requires a bit of techness.

depending on what one is running for a desktop these days [assuming PC] (pre p4) and what OS (pre XP, esp win 98 (yuck), or eww win 95, though win 2000 is "ok"...) i'm going to take the outrageous route and say "pony up $400-500 and buy a new one, like a Dell...". there. said it.

you apple people? yah. good stuff. still, do your backups, use your DVDs, use an external drive, use CarbonCopyCloner...

just do it :)

bladite
 
Good advice. The only thing I would change is to use SuperDuper instead of CarbonCopyCloner. CCC hasn't been updated in awhile and I've seen a lot of permissions issues with the more recent Mac OS's when CCC is used to clone.
 
tedwca said:
Good advice. The only thing I would change is to use SuperDuper instead of CarbonCopyCloner. CCC hasn't been updated in awhile and I've seen a lot of permissions issues with the more recent Mac OS's when CCC is used to clone.
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i do "this" for a living, but i'm not perfect :)

CCC did the job for me when my original powerbook drive failed, and i replaced it. yar. CCC did the job, but oddly, it didn't immediately get the fonts right, some of them are made on the fly.

i'll look into superduper shortly, thanx.

bladite
 
I got an email from Yangdu...seems it might be a couple of more days.

Not good news...but news, so I thought I'd pass it along.
 
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