Comments on: Hard drive croaked http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/ “Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:38:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sliloh http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 sliloh Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:00:34 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1946 Oh Pete, that sucks! I guess I should feel glad I hadn't done much art lately. :D I lost a lot of mine once but that was years ago and my art wasn't that good then..iow, no great loss! I was pretty bummed, some of it I still had on my old computer but I lost much. I ordered two new hard drives which will hopefully be here tomorrow. I decided if there was any drive I needed it backup for it's my packrat one where I keep everything. The big pain now is being lost without my photoshop, so I reinstalled it on my old computer and I'm working code on this one and images on that one and having to drag them over. What a nuisance. Oh Pete, that sucks! I guess I should feel glad I hadn’t done much art lately. :D I lost a lot of mine once but that was years ago and my art wasn’t that good then..iow, no great loss!

I was pretty bummed, some of it I still had on my old computer but I lost much. I ordered two new hard drives which will hopefully be here tomorrow. I decided if there was any drive I needed it backup for it’s my packrat one where I keep everything.

The big pain now is being lost without my photoshop, so I reinstalled it on my old computer and I’m working code on this one and images on that one and having to drag them over. What a nuisance.

]]> By: Barb Hartsook http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Barb Hartsook Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:21:11 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1945 Ahhh -- nightmares! All I can offer you is a box of tissues for your tears. No geek am I. But I'll commiserate with you... and hope you can repeat the steps from two comments up until you get all your stuff back. I didn't know about Bean's loss in December either. I guess there's no truly safe way to save, is there? Double saving isn't even fool-proof -- but it's a start. I'm sorry, girls... :) <abbr><em>Barb Hartsook’s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OverCoffeeSharingThoughtsPaintings/~3/520004019/" rel="nofollow">How Do You Find the Time to……..?</a></em></abbr> Ahhh — nightmares! All I can offer you is a box of tissues for your tears. No geek am I. But I’ll commiserate with you… and hope you can repeat the steps from two comments up until you get all your stuff back.

I didn’t know about Bean’s loss in December either. I guess there’s no truly safe way to save, is there? Double saving isn’t even fool-proof — but it’s a start.

I’m sorry, girls… :)

Barb Hartsook’s last blog post..How Do You Find the Time to……..?

]]> By: pete S. http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 pete S. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:24:51 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1942 Ack, well that just really bites. Sorry to read of your disk failure, been there, done that...lost half a year of fractal images. I'm glad you got to rescue a few things. Hm...i bet it's time to back up everything i can think of... Best of luck with getting as much as possible back! pete <abbr><em>pete S.’s last blog post..<a href="http://pingingmyglass.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/making-light-do/" rel="nofollow">Making Light Do</a></em></abbr> Ack, well that just really bites. Sorry to read of your disk failure, been there, done that…lost half a year of fractal images. I’m glad you got to rescue a few things.
Hm…i bet it’s time to back up everything i can think of…
Best of luck with getting as much as possible back!
pete

pete S.’s last blog post..Making Light Do

]]> By: sliloh http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1932 sliloh Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:02:58 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1932 Thanks everyone. After several reboots I did get it to see the drive and managed to retrieve very little, file by file. Whenever I got to a damaged area it slowed things to a crawl and every time I tried copying a few at a time it would hit a damaged one and croak the whole process. Very frustrating. Thanks everyone. After several reboots I did get it to see the drive and managed to retrieve very little, file by file. Whenever I got to a damaged area it slowed things to a crawl and every time I tried copying a few at a time it would hit a damaged one and croak the whole process. Very frustrating.

]]> By: codinggecko http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 codinggecko Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:03:47 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1928 Hi Anita- So sorry to hear about your woes. I think we caught it from Bean! Now my computer is acting up, too! Been freezing periodically, but today it happened twice. Once I had a blank screen!! EEK! Fortunately, I was able to reboot and frantically do a bunch of disk utility stuff and make a new bootable clone. I'm holding my breath. Hang in there! Cheryl (other TA) Hi Anita-

So sorry to hear about your woes. I think we caught it from Bean! Now my computer is acting up, too! Been freezing periodically, but today it happened twice. Once I had a blank screen!! EEK! Fortunately, I was able to reboot and frantically do a bunch of disk utility stuff and make a new bootable clone. I’m holding my breath.

Hang in there!
Cheryl (other TA)

]]> By: Adele http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1910 Adele Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:10:33 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1910 Anita that's #@#*!! TERRIBLE! I hate it when I have computer issues. Life is frazzled enough. Is there a computer god we can pray to? I wish.... <abbr><em>Adele’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.ichingmeditations.com/2009/02/inspiration-nature-art-i-ching-and-internet/" rel="nofollow">Inspiration: Nature, Art, I Ching and Internet</a></em></abbr> Anita that’s #@#*!! TERRIBLE! I hate it when I have computer issues. Life is frazzled enough. Is there a computer god we can pray to? I wish….

Adele’s last blog post..Inspiration: Nature, Art, I Ching and Internet

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1899 Anonymous Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:33:02 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1899 Oh Sliloh, that must be so frustrating!! I'm sorry for all the computer problems you're having. I hope you can retrieve your graphics files. Oh Sliloh, that must be so frustrating!! I’m sorry for all the computer problems you’re having. I hope you can retrieve your graphics files.

]]> By: sliloh http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 sliloh Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:06:59 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1895 Thank you Bean and Jeramie! I sent you an email. I was depressed, I can't imagine losing two of them in one month Bean! After pricing data recovery I think I'd have been saving a long time for it. We might need to mention this is a risk of blogging too much! lol I'm starting to run into stuff that won't transfer, either it's lost stuff or the drive is going wonky again. Thank you Bean and Jeramie! I sent you an email. I was depressed, I can’t imagine losing two of them in one month Bean! After pricing data recovery I think I’d have been saving a long time for it.

We might need to mention this is a risk of blogging too much! lol

I’m starting to run into stuff that won’t transfer, either it’s lost stuff or the drive is going wonky again.

]]> By: jeramie http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 jeramie Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:49:18 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1892 Hi there. A little beanz sent up some help flares to see if there was anything I might be able to help with. Is the drive still connected to your machine? Does windows recognize it at all? Does it 'click' at all when you turn your machine on? When you boot up and your bios flicks passed, does the drive show up there? Without being able to try troubleshooting with the drive in hand, I might only be able to offer minor assistance at best. If you do decide to get data recovery, be sure to check with the hard drive vendor first (if it's a Maxtor drive, check them out, same goes for seagate, etc). Remember, though you might not have heard bad clicking or grinding noises, it's still possible that it's a mechanical problem, IE, it's possible the head crashed, or just plain motor failure. I hope you can get the data back at some point. I know how bad disk failure can bite. Hi there. A little beanz sent up some help flares to see if there was anything I might be able to help with.

Is the drive still connected to your machine? Does windows recognize it at all? Does it ‘click’ at all when you turn your machine on? When you boot up and your bios flicks passed, does the drive show up there?

Without being able to try troubleshooting with the drive in hand, I might only be able to offer minor assistance at best. If you do decide to get data recovery, be sure to check with the hard drive vendor first (if it’s a Maxtor drive, check them out, same goes for seagate, etc).

Remember, though you might not have heard bad clicking or grinding noises, it’s still possible that it’s a mechanical problem, IE, it’s possible the head crashed, or just plain motor failure.

I hope you can get the data back at some point. I know how bad disk failure can bite.

]]> By: Bean http://www.sliloh.com/blog/computer/hard-drive-croaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 Bean Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:25:21 +0000 http://www.sliloh.com/blog/?p=1240#comment-1890 Its a curse on the LVS blogging staff! I lost not one but TWO hard drives in December. Unfortunately, my hard drive diagnostic days are long over. I have put the word out to my hardware geeks in hopes of some marvelous and miraculous ideas. Data recovery isn't cheap, I am saving up to try to do data recovery of my backup external hard drive that smokes when plugged in :( <abbr><em>Bean’s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BloggingClassesLvsOnline/~3/515097664/" rel="nofollow">Inspiration Blog Carnival</a></em></abbr> Its a curse on the LVS blogging staff! I lost not one but TWO hard drives in December. Unfortunately, my hard drive diagnostic days are long over. I have put the word out to my hardware geeks in hopes of some marvelous and miraculous ideas.
Data recovery isn’t cheap, I am saving up to try to do data recovery of my backup external hard drive that smokes when plugged in :(

Bean’s last blog post..Inspiration Blog Carnival

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