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RE: Hard drive got fucked - Balls - 12-16-2016
Why didn't you back-up your shit on an external HDD every month or couple months? Dang.
RE: Hard drive got fucked - roger_smith - 12-16-2016
(12-16-2016, 04:13 AM)Balls Wrote: Why didn't you back-up your shit on an external HDD every month or couple months? Dang.
Backups are one of the most common overlooked control. I'm just as guilty of it as the next person.
RE: Hard drive got fucked - Oni - 12-16-2016
I've had hard-drives fail in the past (although never had another person wreck it). Generally why I use Dropbox to keep family pictures, etcetera. It sucks to lose files and reinstall games. Hope the "asshat" covers a replacement at least.
RE: Hard drive got fucked - Inori - 12-16-2016
(12-16-2016, 02:44 AM)roger_smith Wrote: start using google drive to store your shit.
I have access to an external, I just need to somehow get it in my head that backups are essential
RE: Hard drive got fucked - Skullmeat - 12-16-2016
I had my 5 year old WD Black fail with little to no warning. I keep regular backups now.
RE: Hard drive got fucked - Inori - 12-16-2016
(12-16-2016, 04:36 AM)Oni Wrote: I've had hard-drives fail in the past (although never had another person wreck it). Generally why I use Dropbox to keep family pictures, etcetera. It sucks to lose files and reinstall games. Hope the "asshat" covers a replacement at least.
it's happened before, it'll probably happen again. I'm thinking of investing in either a nice Seagate or a large-ish SSD to minimize the chances of it happening because of impact damage.
RE: Hard drive got fucked - mothered - 12-16-2016
Hence I always keep redundant backups of all data.
I've had a couple of HDDs fail (external), and If It wasn't for my other external drives containing the backups, I would've lost "years" of work. In terms of data recovery and diagnostics, checkout my site here: http://www.thepc.tech/
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RE: Hard drive got fucked - 817_091_278 - 12-18-2016
I hope your hard drive goes to therapy. Rape is a very tragic and hard situation to go through.
RE: Hard drive got fucked - Nil - 12-18-2016
I'm sorry. I would shit my pants if that happened. I literally have everything I need and that's important to my life saved on this computer over the years and not once ever backed it up (yeah, fuck me, right?).
RE: Hard drive got fucked - FalseThoughts - 12-18-2016
Mine has been fucked up, i'm planning on getting a new computer this Christmas.