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Ginsu Victim:
Just have to vent a moment....

I went to install a new video card and was having some problems I couldn't figure out, so I did the easiest thing....I reinstalled windows xp.

It said it was installing to c:\windows and I told it to format my C: so I could start fresh. Well, somehow it decided that the C: was now an E: and it wiped out my entire 250GB drive and over fifteen years worth of files. I'm in the process of trying to recover as much as possible, but I lost a LOT of stuff. Might as well have been a house fire, because there's so much I can't get back.

Up yours, windows!

missioncontrol:
one word..


Regular backups

Blanka:
Never ever install a new OS without having all documents in a second and a third place.

ChadTower:
Ow... ow.

Always disconnect data storage drives when making OS changes.  Don't store valuable data on your OS drive with Windows.  Keep them physically separate - not even separate partitions, keep the valuable stuff on a drive you can unplug when there is potential danger.

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: missioncontrol on November 14, 2008, 10:29:15 am ---one word..


Regular backups


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Sound like my wife after this happened.

I'm constantly burning stuff off, but it was always the big files that were taking up a lot of room. Documents, pictures, and small, hard-to-replace programs were the main losses.

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