I took my PC with XP home to store to get a bigger HD, and he "mapped" the drive and transfered my stuff to it.
He's out of business now, so i don't know what he used. Dave On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My data files are on a second drive in the case which is newer and in good > health. The C:drive only has the OS and programs, although the contents of > Outlook will be on C: I guess I should back those up so I don't lose > Address Book and Organiser contents. > > I'll leave things running for now (it gets quiet when it's just idling) and > get some cloning software and a new drive tomorrow. > > Thank you to the responders who've given me some hope. > > Regards, > Anthony Farr > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> Mark Roberts >> Sent: Monday, 21 July 2008 4:56 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: OT - Computer advice wanted. >> >> Mat Maessen wrote: >> > On 7/20/08, Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> My hard drive has the death clicks. Previously I had a couple of noisy >> >> (clattery) startups but it has run quietly so I've just left it on > full >> > ... >> >> Should I leave it on despite the clicks? I worry that if I shut down > it >> >> won't reboot. It's Win XP Home. >> > >> > Definitely get the external drive and start backing it up now. >> > >> > If you do need to shut it down, you may be able to recover the files >> > off of the drive by putting the drive into an external enclosure, and >> > putting the enclosure in the freezer. A USB cable will route out >> > through the freezer's door seal quite nicely. :-) >> > >> > I'm not sure what cloning software exists for XP, though I bet someone >> > else on the list does. >> >> Norton Ghost http://www.symantec.com/norton/ghost >> Acronis True Image http://www.acronis.com/ >> >> There are probably others. >> >> But, like Bill said, start copying your data files to another drive now. >> Re-installing the O.S. and your apps after a drive failure is a pain in >> the butt, but losing your data files really sucks. >> >> I have two hard drives on my computer and one holds the O.S. *only*. And >> I back it up with Norton Ghost once a week. >> >> I keep my data mirrored on an external drive. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow >> the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
