Gotta to start from scratch...

[Falcon]

After losing all my photos due to recent hard disk crash, I have zero photo in my hard disk now. Gotta to start from scratch..........

 

[Pinoy]

Some lessons learned the hard way. :devil:

With your next setup, you may want to make at least 2 partitions, one for your software installations (including OS), the other for your data.

Of course, nothing beats BACKING UP your data.

:Later,

 

[Falcon]

Originally posted by Pinoy
Some lessons learned the hard way. :devil:

With your next setup, you may want to make at least 2 partitions, one for your software installations (including OS), the other for your data.

Of course, nothing beats BACKING UP your data.

:Later,

Yup. Tks for your advice. Just curious, even with 2 partitions I won't be able to save it if hard disk crash rite?

 

[Pinoy]

Originally posted by Falcon
Yup. Tks for your advice. Just curious, even with 2 partitions I won't be able to save it if hard disk crash rite?

Depends how "bad" the crash is. Sometimes, some section of the hard disk just get spoiled... and the others still usable.

:Later,

 

[Falcon]

Ic. SO you can actually access the other paritition if unaffected. Actually to view it positively, I learnt quite a bit from this hard disk crash. Of course, need to thank all the fellow-clubsnappers for being so helpful in answering my queries.

 

[erwinx]

have you tried the hard disk in another computer to confirm that its crashed?

 

[Falcon]

Originally posted by erwinx
have you tried the hard disk in another computer to confirm that its crashed?

Yup.. Tried it on 2 other computers at my friend's place. Can't access it at all.

 

[qhelix]

:cry:

 

[Falcon]

Originally posted by qhelix
:cry:

Why are you crying?

 

[qhelix]

The exact same thing happened to my 60gig HD...and it was full of stuff too! Darn IBM Deskstar....
:cry:

 

[Falcon]

Originally posted by qhelix
The exact same thing happened to my 60gig HD...and it was full of stuff too! Darn IBM Deskstar....
:cry:

Ic. SIgh.....

 

[Bluestrike]

maybe you can use 2 HDD, one for OS etc and the other for storage.... hehheheee
or get a DVD-RW.......
4.7GB of data...........

 

[SNAG]

Your HDD crashed physcically or on software?
If on software, you may want to try recovering it using software like easy recovery pro..
I tried, and it works.
managed to get all my files back (with exception of some excel files).

 

[qhelix]

It was a hardware crash. When I start up the compter the HD just makes this click click beep sound and doesnt get detected...I've given up hope on it liao...

 

[rty]

The best solution is still: backup, backup, and backup.

Recently someone just accidentally unleashed a worm in my PC and within seconds, thousands of my JPEG files inside were destroyed and converted to JPEG.VBS with worms insides. So, you can have a dozen of disks or partitions inside your computer, but it won't do any good if you encounter a case like this.
Get a CD writer and backup important files often.