well you need 2 to be safe really. At 06:34 a.m. 8/01/2010, you wrote: >an external hd is on my "to get" list, right before a surround sspeaker system >and an IPhone. >----- Original Message ----- From: "dark" <[email protected]> >To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:54 PM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] X-Sight Interactive News > > >Ouch damien, ----- nasty! > >Myself, for backup purposes i use a full external self-powered harddrive >which even has a separate power supply, and spends most of it's time in my >bottom draw when not actually used to back things up. > >I do admit though, if this and my main desktop failed simultaniously, ---- >as seemed to happen to you, I'd also be up the creak without a paddle, ---- >especially sinse my laptop only has a 32 gb drive so cannot store much at >all. > >I just hope you can yank stuff back from this. > >all the best, > >Dark. >----- Original Message ----- From: "Damien Sadler" ><[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:51 PM >Subject: [Audyssey] X-Sight Interactive News > > >Hi folks, >After a hectic Christmas holiday, we have cleaned up the website a little, >and we are now hopefully on the run again. However, there is a slight hitch. >On December 26, 2009, at approximately lunchtime, our main machine became >unusable due to a motherboard failure. According to the manufacturer it has >also affected the hard drive. Not being insured for any data, the >manufacturer have replaced the drive and disposed of the original. >Luckily for us, all our data was backed up on an external drive, so at >first, this was not a big issue. However, it would be our luck that >yesterday, January 7, 2010, again at approximately lunchtime, our 16 month >old 500GB Western Digital hard drive in USB caddy became mechanically faulty >as well. To add insult to injury, the spare machine we are using had to be >reformatted, because Windows kindly decided to save the broken drive's MFT >to the internal. >In short, plain English, we have lost all our data, which includes over 50GB >of sound effects costing over £2500, approximately 5GB of incomplete and >released materials, and an absolute handful of software in all categories of >distribution and function. >I am currently in contact with a data recovery specialist to see what he can >do, however I am thinking that chances are slim in retrieving the data, >either because of physical damage to the disks, or because of our financial >situation. >I have kept the website up for convenience purposes, but support for >available software will be extremely limited until I can get it rewritten. >As a side note, if anybody can give me any tips on backing up data securely >and reliably short of buying two dozen hard drives I would be most thankful. >*Smile* >Regards, >Damien C. Sadler >Annoyed X-Sight Interactive manager. >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >[email protected]. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [email protected]. > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 4333 (20090813) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 4333 (20090813) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > > > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [email protected].
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