Speaking of computer crashes, I've had one recently. I paid a substantial fee to get my hard disk reformatted and my data restored, but now it seems to be crashing again less than a week later. This is one of a half a dozen major mechanical or technical malfunctions that have come up all at once, and the second one to recur after I thought I had it fixed.
It may be that my connectivity will be limited for a while, as some of these things are of more immediate need than my having a working computer.
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One thing I've noticed using one data point, is that reformatting the drives and various other disk heavy usage, can damage the drives due to heat effects.
This being the summer, a high ambient temperature may cause the drive to damage itself when it is tasked with something that requires hours of time to do. One laptop would physically become unable to access the drive unless I tipped the laptop up.
Multiple terabyte backups are cheaper these days, but it won't save the GUI settings, unfortunately.
Come on, pull the other one. We all know you don't want to respond to that subpoena. But may I suggest that, instead of reformatting your hard-drive, next time you smash it up with a sledgehammer and burn it?
Apparently the correct thing to do is "recycle" it, whatever that means.
It's one reason I was reacting to the story with strong incredulity. I just went through a computer crash with a bad hard drive, and they recovered all the data. It's apparently a pretty advanced science now.
I would suggest you buy a new drive and transfer the data if you can. Drives are pretty good nowadays, but if it is crashing again, I personally wouldn't hesitate to go to a fresh drive just in case there was physical damage to that drive.
What's more, you're not obligated by federal law to back up your data daily on a secure site.
. . . On the other hand, back up your darn data! Are you nuts!
. . . On the other hand, back up your darn data! Are you nuts!
It also depends on how and how often you back up your data. I had a coworker lose two weeks(!) worth of software programming work because he mistakenly used the rm -r * command instead of the backup command--and he only backed up biweekly.
Eric Hines
A hammer smashed HD can be reconstructed. Random reformatting 5000 times over or using magnets would make for a difficult recovery task.
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