Simviation Forum - My life is at an end....

Reply #15 - Jun 4^th, 2012 at 4:45pm

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I am making a backup of my entire simobject,gauges,effects,addon scenery and sound libraries:

Copying 63,426 item (31.6 GB)
About 1 hour remaining.

Grin

Imagine downloading and installing all that. Shocked

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Reply #16 - Jun 4^th, 2012 at 6:15pm

Fozzer Offline
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jetprop wrote on Jun 4^th, 2012 at 4:45pm:

I am making a backup of my entire simobject,gauges,effects,addon scenery and sound libraries:

Copying 63,426 item (31.6 GB)
About 1 hour remaining.

Grin

Imagine downloading and installing all that. Shocked

The big problem I found was trying to cram all the data onto 640? MB CD ROMs!
..and many of the Files will need to be re-installed again, (not drag-and-drop).

Got most of my bits and bobs back where they belong again... Cheesy

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The BIGGEST headache (every time!), is downloading, re-installing, and validating, my Flight 1 purchased programs...REX FS9...Ultimate Terrain USA FS9 + FSX, GE Pro FS9, FS Panel Studio FSX, etc,...that is far too complicated, and takes longer than anything else! It reduces me to tears, every time!
There is a lot to be said for purchasing CD Versions of the programs, if possible!

...all back up and running again..ready for some more Multiplayer Madness!... Smiley

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Paul...FS 2004...FS Navigator...and a spanking new (almost empty!) 500 GB SATA Hard Drive!...Woo-Hoo!... Cheesy

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Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
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Reply #17 - Jun 4^th, 2012 at 9:02pm

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FOZZER!

Don't give up on that old drive and all that data just yet.

It will cost a bit, but you can send the drive off and have the platters installed into a new chassis.

Odds are that the data on the spinny platters is still there and intact, you just need to send it off to see.

I don't have a clue who to contact for this or what it will cost, but I know it is possible. A neighbor had it done with his business machine's HD.

Check it out.

The Bad Unkie Has Tried To Help!

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Reply #18 - Jun 5^th, 2012 at 4:50am

Fozzer Offline
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UnkieDude wrote on Jun 4^th, 2012 at 9:02pm:

FOZZER!

Don't give up on that old drive and all that data just yet.

It will cost a bit, but you can send the drive off and have the platters installed into a new chassis.

Odds are that the data on the spinny platters is still there and intact, you just need to send it off to see.

I don't have a clue who to contact for this or what it will cost, but I know it is possible. A neighbor had it done with his business machine's HD.

Check it out.

The Bad Unkie Has Tried To Help!

Hello Unkie... Wink

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I did make some inquiries regarding that....
But it does involve considerably expense....between £500 and £1,000, with no guarantee that it would be successful at the end!... Shocked

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The "stuff" I've got on my Hard Drive isn't worth Tuppence!.... Grin

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The only other option is some software installed on the computer, that automatically saves your data to an external Server, at regular intervals, for subsequent retrieval following a crash...
PC World showed my such a piece of software yesterday when I got my new HDD, after explaining my difficulty..(and tried to get me to buy it)... Wink

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(...businesses use it, for storing important (customers, etc) data)*

When I come to think about it...My computer is switched on for 18 hours a day, 7 days per week, and constantly used, so my HDD is constantly spinning and searching for data every minute, so that is bound to wear it out after a time...
...even I wont last forever... Cry

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Paul...I was having a hard time.. Cry

....but I'm OK now!... Smiley

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* it stores the data..NOT the customers!.. Wink

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Reply #19 - Jun 5^th, 2012 at 12:39pm

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My H/D gave up the ghost in my core Duo iMac, caused me no end of grief. I got another, fitted it, and once i had everything installed, that did the same....

I now duplicate everything onto my external 1.2TB Drive, which only cost me 40 odd quid of ebay. Best 40 odd quid i ever spent.

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Reply #20 - Jun 5^th, 2012 at 3:04pm

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My PC is on 24/7...
...If,of course,it doesn't crash or restart itself during the night...Wich it usualy does...

Oh and Fozzer:your end will only be when the world is withouth gravy. Grin

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Reply #21 - Jun 5^th, 2012 at 3:40pm

Fozzer Offline
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jetprop wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 3:04pm:

......Oh and Fozzer: your end will only be when the world is without gravy. Grin

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....The recent problems I have been having with my Computer Hardware pale into insignificance compared to the awful prospect of a World without Gravy in the future!... Shocked

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Its just too awful to contemplate!. . Cry

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Paul... Smiley

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...but it did make me laugh!... Grin

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Reply #22 - Jun 5^th, 2012 at 9:58pm

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A WORLD WITHOUT GRAVY!?[b]

Heresy!

And you guys ain't right. Just ain't right.

The Bad Unkie Replieth![/b]

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Reply #23 - Jun 6^th, 2012 at 12:50am

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Hell, that's one scary thread title, Fozz... Cry

Always remember to back up hard drives!!!

Core i5 2500k @ 3.8 - 8GB DDR3 - GTX 560 OC - 60GB SSD - 1TB HDD - Cyborg V.1 stick

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Reply #24 - Jun 6^th, 2012 at 5:37am

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Alonso wrote on Jun 6^th, 2012 at 12:50am:

Hell, that's one scary thread title, Fozz... Cry

Always remember to back up hard drives!!!

Never fear, Alonso...
...I am now into day 5 of re-installing all my lovely FS 2004 freeware and payware programs back into my new 500GB SATA HDD..
Its looking better and better each morning when I run my FS 2004.
It looks so magnificent already... Kiss

..., that I don't think I will bother re-installing my FSX all over again..(I don't need any more additional pain!... Grin

...)!

Paul...back up into the blue with the fluffy stuff again!... Smiley

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My trusty little paper note book always comes in handy with all its payware purchase details, registration details + keys, forum names and passwords, etc, etc, dating back to 1995!... Cheesy

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Reply #25 - Jun 6^th, 2012 at 9:23am

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A paper note book, back from 1995, written by your hand must be like Auels complete works. Grin

"Just try to be YOU".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw23LQkvg_k

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Reply #26 - Jun 6^th, 2012 at 11:26am

Fozzer Offline
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Bass wrote on Jun 6^th, 2012 at 9:23am:

A paper note book, back from 1995, written by your hand must be like Auels complete works. Grin

..written in Cyrillic script, on Papyrus paper...

A true work of art.

(..and quite useful in times of Computer crashes!)... Wink

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Paul... Grin

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