BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP

g7pkf · Feb 07, 2008, 16:25:47

Really piss**d off.

i shout at customers that backup is the most important thing.

i have a 500Gb network drive i use to backup all important things.

my server uses raid 5 with hot spare and seperate data and o/s.

just spent over 72 hours doing a web page on my laptop (all about basic adsl problems) and guess what.

the FU***g drive's gone totally u/s. no data recovery tools can get anything off it. it just clunks...it clunks even more now as i tried the tap it fix...its now getting the sledgehammer trick.......

I wouldnt mind so much but its normally me telling customer's and the wife BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP

YES I AM A ****

Rik · Feb 07, 2008, 16:27:23

My sympathies, Dean. I am a backup freak - but sometimes it's still possible to get caught (my classic being I have some data, but not the program to open it!).

g7pkf · Feb 07, 2008, 16:31:40

tHANKS Rik.

the swear filter works on the forum.

i wouldnt mind but even the pics i took are gone as i used the wifes camera (my battery was flat) and she always wipes my cr** off when ive finished.

Ordered a new drive now, trouble is boss wants old one returned for destruction (we carry a lot of passwords etc on our laptops) hope he doesnt mind that its now in a about 100 bits in a polybag.

I have a big sledgehammer that the builders were using-it was soooooooo handy. (got a few strange looks from them but they left me alone) and i now feel better.

Rik · Feb 07, 2008, 16:37:14

Best way I know to safely dispose of a drive, Dean.

madasahatter · Feb 07, 2008, 16:57:08

Quote from: g7pkf on Feb 07, 2008, 16:31:40
I have a big sledgehammer that the builders were using-it was soooooooo handy. (got a few strange looks from them but they left me alone) and i now feel better.

Amazing how hitting things that annoy us calms our spirits

Rik · Feb 07, 2008, 17:25:06

Isn't it just.

Sebby · Feb 07, 2008, 18:44:41

It always seems to be too late to backup.

g7pkf · Feb 07, 2008, 20:36:06

I thought about my mistake and it bought back what i have done to some customer systems..

when i had scheduled downtime i extended it a bit and copied a ghost image of the whole system to my laptop and then copied it to dvd.

I have only ever restored from 1 of these BUT the downtime to the customer was reduced to less than an hour after i "hit" site. Oh how impressed they were a quick restore and then a restore of the data files from the back up tape.
If i had reinstalled and restored data they would have had 5-6 hours downtime.

I do it for customers why oh why don't i do it more often for myself? i have a network backup drive second copy and a 10Gb USB stick.

I am a total **** (testing swear filter again Rik

Simon · Feb 07, 2008, 21:26:48

Don't sugar coat it, Dean, say what you mean!

Sorry to hear your news though. Fortunately, significant data loss has never happened to me, but I know how annoying insignificant data loss can be, so you have my sympathies also, and a

to help cheer you up!

Sebby · Feb 07, 2008, 22:05:44

I've lost stuff in the past, and it's extremely frustrating.

Lance · Feb 07, 2008, 22:14:43

You could have tried putting the drive in the freezer (in an air tight bag). Might have worked and given enough time to restore the webpage, if nothing else!

Malc · Feb 07, 2008, 23:24:39

Quote from: madasahatter on Feb 07, 2008, 16:57:08
Amazing how hitting things that annoy us calms our spirits

As long as it's not your fingers

Lance · Feb 07, 2008, 23:25:06

A very good point!!!

Malc · Feb 07, 2008, 23:31:49

Mine are the UK music charts, I have everyone and I'm busy transfering them all to excel, when I have time.

Simon · Feb 07, 2008, 23:40:33

Crikey, that's some collection, Malc! Although, I think 'music charts' is a bit of an oxymoron these days.

Lance · Feb 07, 2008, 23:42:14

My most important files are my pictures. I have them backed up with TI as part of my HD image on a external drive. They are also stored on the drive on another partition and also on my laptop. I also have all but the most recent on a DVD I keep at work.

Malc · Feb 07, 2008, 23:42:48

Yeah, it's something I started doing around 1970, I was mad on music as a kid.

I had them all on paper, but since the days of PC's I've been slowly transfering, it's much easier to search for stuff.

And comes in very handy for the song game

Simon · Feb 07, 2008, 23:47:21

Quote from: Malc on Feb 07, 2008, 23:42:48
Yeah, it's something I started doing around 1970, I was mad on music as a kid.

Yeah, me too, Malc. The 70s was my era, and I would argue to the death that it was the best era for music. Certainly the most inventive, although I acknowledge the seeds were sewn in the 60s. Queen, Sweet, Slade, Mud, T-Rex, and all that lot were what I was mad on as a kid / teenager, then later on, Led Zep, Genesis, Floyd, etc.

QuoteAnd comes in very handy for the song game

Indeed!