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I Know It’s Been Said Before, but Back-Up Everything

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Yesterday morning, I had a Major Computer Crash.  I mean crash and burn… Nothing but a black screen that kept looping and looping trying to boot. Windows wouldn’t even get as far as the Logo before it started all over again.

I tried everything short of reinstalling XP to no avail. I did try the recover from the last known good version, nothing. I tried to boot from the “Safe” screen, nothing. I tried booting from DOS (yes, I can still access it), nothing. I was getting a message that the Hard Drive was Corrupted.

There was a file in the latest Windows update download that seems to have cause this whole problem, so I finally tried reinstalling XP, even though I really don’t like doing that, I lose too much information that has accumulated over time.

Luckily, I did have my Back-up CD’s of all (well, most) of my current Windows options. I still have all of my Pics, Favorites, options, settings etc. However, I did lose my DSL connection. XP doesn’t have the drivers for the Actiontec Modem, and I stupidly, left the CD containing them at friends house when I was helping him install his DSL.

Even more luckily, I had written a post months ago to help some readers requesting a download of those very same drivers! So, the only thing I had to do was access the internet on K’s computer, download the drivers to a CD and reinstall them on My computer. Talk about fate working in mysterious ways.

Now, the only thing left is to find what I have missed and redo whatever it happens to be, but at least I am back online and functioning.

Tip of the Day… Back-up EVERYTHING.


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    July 11th, 2007 at 02:25pm | Posted by Joe | Attitude, Basics, Organization, Tips | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post

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    2 Reader Remarks

    1. There are a few things you could have done further rather than taking a loss. You could have tried loading up a Linux Live-CD (Runs on RAM, not your hard drive) and attempted to mount your hard drive, and extract any important files onto a networked computer.

      Backups are still important, and we all have to learn the hard way at least once!

      Time to start rebuilding! :)

      Input by Adam Kane | July 11, 2007 @ 3:38 pm

    2. Hey Adam,
      I know exactly what your are saying, but you have to play the hand you are dealt. ;-)
      Anyway, I am back and still working, so it ain’t all bad.

      Input by Joe | July 11, 2007 @ 3:58 pm

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