are you running Windows 2K, XP, or some other version of Windows and was OE
running when the system crashed? NTFS is very resistant to problems like
this. if you are running a version of Windows that supports it, NTFS is more
reliable than FAT32, although a touch slower sometimes. that's not to say
that NTFS is able to deal with all likely situations, but it is better. an
external USB/Firewire hard drive and something like Norton Ghost is a pretty
cheap way to defend against things like this. i've been using redundant sets
of external hard drives for backup for a few years now and i don't regret
the move to them. they are cheaper than tapes if you factor in a speedy
enough drive to make it worthwhile. since i moved to a 1.2 terabyte RAID 5
drive array, i have been copying all my CDs and DVDs back onto the array and
throwing them out. instead, i keep multiple external hard drives backing up
the array. burning multiple CDs and DVDs is cheaper, but much more hassle to
organize physically. i have only about 200G of CDs and DVDs though, so that
makes it easier.
Herb...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: MX OUtlook Express Question
Good question on underlying problems. I've been burning a bunch of DVD's
these last few days and last night I left the system on while ThumbsPlus
cataloged a new DVD. When I got up this morning the system was off and
would not turn on. I unplugged it, plugged it back in, and it started. I
assumed it had over heated (the motherboard is designed to shut down if
there is an overheat problem) and the usual cause of overheating is dust
clogging the heat sink. So once it was up and running and seemed OK, I
shut down again and used some canned air to blow out the heatsink.
