> From: Christina Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The HD of my 2 1/2 year old iMac DV SE died last week. I had just > bought an > Iomega CDRW over the holidays in order to back up to CD instead of the > tedious floppies which I always postponed doing. The CD burner was > bad, > Iomega was in the process of sending a replacement when the HD died, > without > being backed up. > Very sorry to hear that.
> The harddrive replacement was covered under Applecare but I had to pay > $127 > for the dealer to save my data, plus a $75 hot bench fee, which meant > it > would get immediate attention, otherwise it would be 4 or 5 days > before they > could get to it. > I wish I could force everyone on this list (and every other Mac list I'm on) to cut and paste this paragraph to their desktop. BACKUPS ARE IMPORTANT. Not doing them can cost you big time (not just $$ but time). > When I got the iMac back it now has OS 9.2 (previously was 9.0) I > understand this is a good thing? Yes. You should update that to 9.2.2 by using the Software Update control panel. > On my desktop I have a folder entitled > Back Up the window of which is seems identical to my prevous HD > window. I > have been moving things across to the new HD as I need them. But some > things are already on the new HD, such as System Folder. Should I keep > both? Right now I have just added the prefix 'old' so I don't get them > confused. > You should keep both for a while -- say a month or two. By that time, everything you need from the old HD will be copied over into your new one. At that point you can safely dispose of the old one. > Also there are two folders: Damaged Items which contains a document > from > something called Disk Warrior and a couple of other WP documents of my > own > making pre crash. Rescued Items: which contains 33 items examples of > which are DPLib and ProjLib and a bunch of things with an icon that > features four purple arrows arranged in a diamond shape with the arrows > pointing toward the centre of the diamond. I'm not sure what to do > with any > of these. > > Advice greatly appreciated. 1. Disk Warrior is something you should buy. It costs $70 and will save you having to pay that $200 you forked over to the tech. You can buy it from any retail Apple store or from Alsoft direct at www.alsoft.com. If I had to pick ONE third-party utility for Mac owners to have, it would be DiskWarrior/PlusOptimiser. 2. Damaged items should be tossed. There's little hope of you repairing them. If you think the data on those wp files is absolutely vital, you can try opening them and (if successful) copy and paste the text into a new document. But after that, trash em. 3. That third batch of stuff you describe is mostly system stuff which you now no longer need. I would toss em. _Chas_ Come to ... The CHASbah! http://thechasbah.blogspot.com "Best Documentary EVER," Assoc. of Documentary Filmmakers: http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
