You might share how you managed to recover everything Stu. When I spoke with you from work, it was looking rather gloomy.
> MY RECCOMMENDATION IS MULTIPAL BACK-UP'S A lesson that is learned by far too many AFTER they have had a data loss. Others take note!!! Another recommendation... From time to time, e-mail a copy of your log to yourself at work (Where backup is normally secure) or to a friend. It's always good to have some data off-site also. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STU > Sent: May 1, 2004 08:07 > To: DX4WIN POSTINGS > Subject: [Dx4win] THANKS TO ALL WHO RESPONDED > > > I would just like to thank everybody that responded to my > hour of need. > > I had posted a few days ago: > > Can anybody give me some help to recovery 2 months worth of > lost QSO's? I went to make a country up-date (KC6 to T8) and > lost 2 months of QSO's. I have no idea how one had any > correlation with the other. My log reverted back to March 2, > 2004. No idea why it even picked that date. Is the > information on my hard drive somewhere and if so how can I get to it? > > Any guidance would be most appreciated. > > Thanks, > 73, STU W6TA > > > > With the help of all, I was able to recover about 99% of my lost data. > > I would like to pay a special thanks to Mel (VE2DC) > and a EXTRA special thanks to Jim (AD1C) for their time and > patience during those very critical moment. If you have ever > lost log data you know what I'm referring to. If you haven't, > I hope you never have to go through it. > > MY RECCOMMENDATION IS MULTIPAL BACK-UP'S. > I now am using a IOMEGA automatic back-up program that > produces up to 99 back-up copies on a rotation bases and > up-dates every time I do a SAVE (Alt. S). This will increase > my chances of recovering lost data tremendously. It's very > cheap insurance, along with the fact it's hard to put a price > tag on stress and panic while experiencing losing log data. > It's a horrible feeling, trust me!! > > Thanks once again to one and all for your input and suggestions. > > See you in the pile-up's!! > > Best 73 es GUD DX, > STU (W6TA) > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >
