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From: Arthur Entlich on 14 Dec 2009 12:05 You guys are great! Before anyone else sends me links and names of data recovery programs, I want to explain why I can't use one. Unfortunately, the sequence of events which occurred makes them not usable in my situation. In a nutshell, I needed to compile some DVD image files on my hard drive to copy them to DVDs afterward. I was very tight on HD space, so that is why I removed (what I thought was) the backup email file temporarily. By the time I became aware I had removed the wrong email set, I had already used the HD space to create the DVD image file, which used up almost all the extra space on that drive partition, so there was no point in trying to recover the files as they had been written over substantially. So, that's life, and I have learned a lesson or two. Again, thank you for your assistance, and I only wish it were that simple! However, the good news is I have already received two of the four lost articles from helpful people here. I am still in need of the following, if anyone can help: The Epson Wide Carriage Cleaning Guide - anything newer than 2/4/09 The Epson 3000 Cleaning Guide - anything newer than 4/12/09 Thank you all for your great suggestions, I only wish I could use them in this situation, but sadly it is too late for a data recovery program, painfully.... Art -- If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste, I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog: http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/
From: John McWilliams on 14 Dec 2009 14:11 Glad you are almost complete on this, Art. I'd suggest that you'll save yourself a lot of time going forward if you backup to hard disks regularly, saving DVDs for critical material from time to time. Arthur Entlich wrote: > You guys are great! > > Before anyone else sends me links and names of data recovery programs, I > want to explain why I can't use one. > > Unfortunately, the sequence of events which occurred makes them not > usable in my situation. > > In a nutshell, I needed to compile some DVD image files on my hard drive > to copy them to DVDs afterward. I was very tight on HD space, so that > is why I removed (what I thought was) the backup email file temporarily. > > By the time I became aware I had removed the wrong email set, I had > already used the HD space to create the DVD image file, which used up > almost all the extra space on that drive partition, so there was no > point in trying to recover the files as they had been written over > substantially. > > So, that's life, and I have learned a lesson or two. Again, thank you > for your assistance, and I only wish it were that simple! > > However, the good news is I have already received two of the four lost > articles from helpful people here. > > I am still in need of the following, if anyone can help: > > > The Epson Wide Carriage Cleaning Guide - anything newer than 2/4/09 > > The Epson 3000 Cleaning Guide - anything newer than 4/12/09 > > Thank you all for your great suggestions, I only wish I could use them > in this situation, but sadly it is too late for a data recovery program, > painfully.... > > Art >
From: Arthur Entlich on 14 Dec 2009 15:18 Of course, you're correct, and I'm always telling people to do exactly that, but... the back up just got away from me., I have 4 computers here, all with different information on them, so it is time consuming trying to keep up with it. It all takes time, and this is the first time I really lost an important chunk of information in over 25 years. And it wasn't a virus or a trojan, it was my own not paying enough attention to the directory names I had assigned the two email archives. Oh well, live and learn, I guess... Art If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste, I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog: http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/ John McWilliams wrote: > Glad you are almost complete on this, Art. I'd suggest that you'll save > yourself a lot of time going forward if you backup to hard disks > regularly, saving DVDs for critical material from time to time. > > Arthur Entlich wrote: >> You guys are great! >> >> Before anyone else sends me links and names of data recovery programs, >> I want to explain why I can't use one. >> >> Unfortunately, the sequence of events which occurred makes them not >> usable in my situation. >> >> In a nutshell, I needed to compile some DVD image files on my hard >> drive to copy them to DVDs afterward. I was very tight on HD space, >> so that is why I removed (what I thought was) the backup email file >> temporarily. >> >> By the time I became aware I had removed the wrong email set, I had >> already used the HD space to create the DVD image file, which used up >> almost all the extra space on that drive partition, so there was no >> point in trying to recover the files as they had been written over >> substantially. >> >> So, that's life, and I have learned a lesson or two. Again, thank you >> for your assistance, and I only wish it were that simple! >> >> However, the good news is I have already received two of the four lost >> articles from helpful people here. >> >> I am still in need of the following, if anyone can help: >> >> >> The Epson Wide Carriage Cleaning Guide - anything newer than 2/4/09 >> >> The Epson 3000 Cleaning Guide - anything newer than 4/12/09 >> >> Thank you all for your great suggestions, I only wish I could use them >> in this situation, but sadly it is too late for a data recovery >> program, painfully.... >> >> Art >>
From: William R. Walsh on 14 Dec 2009 15:25 Hi! > Thank you all for your great suggestions Are you opposed to another one? I'd like to suggest the use of FreeNAS and rsync to back up your computer on a regular, rotating basis. If you were to set something up like this, it can save you having to think about making backups. (Meaning that backups get done instead of being pushed down to the bottom of a long list of things to do...right up until it's too late.) rsync was developed for use with *ix systems, but Windows versions are available as well. DeltaCopy is one that I've used and found to work pretty well. If I'm not mistaken you're very much into the reuse of older technology and keeping it out of landfills, so this might be right up your alley. My FreeNAS system is a repurposed HP Vectra VA Series 6/200 MT Pentium Pro (!!!!) with 192MB of installed RAM. It's probably also the only Pentium Pro in the world with a SATA add-in controller in place to drive the 500GB Samsung EcoGreen hard disk that stores my rsync backups. If you would happen to be interested in knowing more about it, information is here, including the original reason I put it together: http://greyghost.mooo.com/timecapsule-vs-freenas/ . You can find information concerning the configuration of rsync for Windows and FreeNAS here: http://dailycupoftech.com/windows-backup-with-rsync-and-freenas/ Later, you can do other things with rsync, including the cloning of the storage disk in a FreeNAS machine to an external drive or even another machine on a network. William
From: Arthur Entlich on 15 Dec 2009 10:19
If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste, I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog: http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/ William R. Walsh wrote: > Hi! > >> Thank you all for your great suggestions > > Are you opposed to another one? > Not at all. I will look over your suggestion below and see if it will work for me. The issue with all back up systems is to make them as idiot proof (read: lazy or distracted people like me won't neglect using them). Any system that takes the thought out of it is an improvement over those which require direct involvement of the operator. I will definitely need to do something. Losing 6 months of email was not fun, and I haven't fully realized the consequences! Thanks, I will read your comments when I am more awake (I'm just now going to crash after an all night session), so I can absorb it better. Art > I'd like to suggest the use of FreeNAS and rsync to back up your > computer on a regular, rotating basis. If you were to set something up > like this, it can save you having to think about making backups. > (Meaning that backups get done instead of being pushed down to the > bottom of a long list of things to do...right up until it's too late.) > rsync was developed for use with *ix systems, but Windows versions are > available as well. DeltaCopy is one that I've used and found to work > pretty well. > > If I'm not mistaken you're very much into the reuse of older > technology and keeping it out of landfills, so this might be right up > your alley. > > My FreeNAS system is a repurposed HP Vectra VA Series 6/200 MT Pentium > Pro (!!!!) with 192MB of installed RAM. It's probably also the only > Pentium Pro in the world with a SATA add-in controller in place to > drive the 500GB Samsung EcoGreen hard disk that stores my rsync > backups. If you would happen to be interested in knowing more about > it, information is here, including the original reason I put it > together: http://greyghost.mooo.com/timecapsule-vs-freenas/ . > > You can find information concerning the configuration of rsync for > Windows and FreeNAS here: > http://dailycupoftech.com/windows-backup-with-rsync-and-freenas/ > > Later, you can do other things with rsync, including the cloning of > the storage disk in a FreeNAS machine to an external drive or even > another machine on a network. > > William |