erase with 0, govermantal format... any program with that option handle situation and write everysector 0. This takes time, very long time if HD is big. I use only HD not any optical media for backup. Cause optical media need care... If you backup all data and trust them in 5 years you may lost many of them because hummanity and particuls... HD, and more HD.... I got 1 HD for usuage, 1 HD for backup, 1 HD for backup backup... Every new HD need 2 new friends, backup and backup backup... Only i afraid about massive sun blast...
2009/4/7 Sam Macomber <[email protected]> > > > On Apr 7, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:40 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > > > >>> The problem with HD data recovery isn't that the data isn't there, > >>> it's the resources needed to recover it. > >> > >> Yeah, those data recovery services all sound great until you find out > >> how much it could cost. You start realizing your data isn't worth > >> THAT > >> much. > > > > That depends. I've had professors pay $1500-$2000 without blinking an > > eye, because the data represents a half-million dollars worth of data, > > and maybe they'll FINALLY get into the habit of using our file server > > instead of their lab systems to store data. > > > > (because our file server crashed once for 4 days, 12 years ago (with > > ZERO loss of data), so we're clearly not reliable <rolls eyes>.) > > > > How much are your wedding pictures, the video of your child's first > > steps, all their baby pictures worth? > > > > I know the canonical answer is "Well you should have had that backed > > up! Betcha won't do THAT again!", but that still leaves folks without > > those irreplaceable things. > > > > This is why people come running out of burning/flooding/collapsing > > buildings clutching their photo albums. Me, I'm coming out clutching > > usb and firewire external drives...:-) > > > I've got a small metal box with my photo back ups(DVDs), and a dust > proof binder full of my negitives that I'd be grabbing. > > -sam > > > > -- Baha Ata --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
