whildflower Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 This is Chris Davis of Pet Lovers BOF. My hard drive died on my computer taking all information, records, etc with it including all my e-mail addressess and BOF files. Members please e-mail me your contact information with a subject line of: Escapee Pet Lovers BOF Info. Send it to cfdnld@merr.com with a cc: to toolman@merr.com (my husbands e-mail address). Also please e-mail any Pet Lovers BOF members you may know in case they hadn't heard. Thank you so much. God's blessings, Chris Davis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skp51443 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Ouch, that is a painful experience and I'm sure you lost more than just the BoF and e-mail stuff. I'd like to suggest that along with the new drive you get an inexpensive external drive that plugs into your USB port so you'll be able to keep copies of your important stuff on a second drive where it will be recoverable in a disaster. Something like this for $60 is pretty nice, larger doesn't cost much more: http://smile.amazon.com/Passport-Ultra-Portable-External-WDBWWM5000ABY-NESN/dp/B00W8XXYH8/ Much smaller bit if you don't have a lot of files to save a thumb drive at $11 might be a good option too: http://smile.amazon.com/Lexar-JumpDrive-TwistTurn-Flash-LJDTT32GASBNA/dp/B0021AFXMC First rule of computer consulting: Sell a customer a Linux computer and you'll eat for a day. Sell a customer a Windows computer and you'll eat for a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forummod Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Chris, I locked the other copies of this post and redirected replies to this one, not a problem, just a bit of forum cleanup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildmandmc Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 you can extract data from it. an send to new drive via usb hook up. 2000 Itasca Horizon DP (Got Total During Irma). Vice President of Charlotte County Defenders LE MC http://charlotte.defenderslemc.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Joyce Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 As wildmandmc says, you can often get the data off when the drive is hooked up via USB ($10 to $20 for an enclosure from Amazon). Sometimes putting the drive in the freezer for a couple hours will help it work for a while. 2004 40' Newmar Dutch Star DP towing an AWD 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, Fulltimer July 2003 to October 2018, Parttimer now. Travels through much of 2013 - http://www.sacnoth.com - Bill, Diane and Evita (the cat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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