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[at-l] NOT trail related - computer geeks only read
I've only had to go the Quick Restore route once. I learned a valuable
lesson that one time, always, always, always backup anything importent onto
floppy or CD or the Web. Partitioning drives doesn't always do the trick,
I've seen viruses jump partitions in a heartbeat, (used a very powerful
microscope and watched 'em leap right over I did) <bg>. Besides, I believe
that when you run Quick Restore it wipes all partitions in the process.
Sorry I'm not much help, I'm only a minor geek, I'm sure there must be some
much, much larger and more powerful Geeks somewhere on this list. Perhaps
one of them could cast a spell to help protect your data.
Pat Loomis
DaRedhead@aol.com@mailman.backcountry.net on 02/08/2001 02:00:06 PM
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Subject: [at-l] NOT trail related - computer geeks only read
My system at home crashed last night. KaBOOM - KaBLOWEY - down for the
count. Now, I have a handy dandy Quick Restore disk, but it says it is
going to wipe my hard drive clean. Needless to say, there are a few things
I would like to save - like some websites I was working on!! amongst other
things (you have any idea how long it takes to train your darn pokemon????
<g>.) So when I say no, it kicks me to DOS. Having always been a computer
geek myself, I know my way around DOS. I was very excited, like "Hey, I can
copy some things to disk before I wipe it all clean" . . . short lived,
because while all my files are THERE, and I can SEE them - I can't copy
them anywhere because it's not recognizing my a: drive. SO . . .
a few questions -
a) If I just try reinstalling windows, will that also wipe my hard drive?
and b) if I had had a brain, and partitioned my hard drive, would I be in
this situation, and therefore, should I do so when I get my brand newly
slicked drive up and running? and
c) Anyone know anything else I can try before I go the drastic QuickRestore
route?
Hating life -
wwwaaaahhhhhhhhhh
The Redhead
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