From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@pglaf.org>
To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org>
Sent: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 22:15:56 GMT+00:00
Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: !@!!@!!@! Major Crash

Yes, I love Al's suggestions and use them a lot in various ways.

I haven't been able to get an actual RAID running on my laptop--
but I do make multiple backups. . .right now 3. . .moving to 6.

I use the new WD 1T Passport Essential SE and love them...fast!

Mush faster than any other's I've tried. Bought Seagate but not
tried the 1.5T's yet.

I also bought the BlacX desktop SATA dual drive hotswap box, but
haven't tried that one out yet, either.


Many thanks!!!


Michael



On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Al Haines wrote:

> My advice--go RAID. My main system's drive (C:) is used only for the
> O/S (WinXPPro) and software. Only about 15G of its 80G is occupied.
> All personal files are on two external USB2.0 RAID enclosures, each
> with a matched pair of 320G drives. One enclosure is drive D:, the
> other is E:.
>
> I use xcopy (yes, xcopy!) to back them up onto another pair of RAID
> enclosures, of the same make as those above, containing pairs of the
> same model drives as above.
>
> Re xcopy: I've tried several drive cloning packages (Powerquest's
> Partition Magic, and the like), but they either poop out on large
> drives or are stupefyingly slow. Xcopy is fast enough for my
> purposes, and it doesn't demand control of my system.
>
> Al
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gutvol-d-bounces@lists.pglaf.org
> > [mailto:gutvol-d-bounces@lists.pglaf.org] On Behalf Of Michael S.
> Hart
> > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:27 AM
> > To: The gutvol-d Mailing List
> > Subject: [gutvol-d] !@!!@!!@! Major Crash
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > For those of you writing the movie of my life this is more "normal"
> > than you might think, I should have known something was UP when the
> > computer started at first try when I got back home two weeks ago.
> >
> > Once again it has announced it has died the final death, and now it
> > wouldn't go no matter all my shaking, tapping, pounding, etc.
> >
> > Luckily, I had just made backups of all important files!!!
> >
> > So, when I finally gave up all my usual cinematic efforts, I undid
> > the hard drive and blew out all the connections, and tried again.
> >
> > Lo and behold. . .VISTA!!!
> >
> > This was one of the only machines around that ever did XP AND VISTA
> > but the Vista part died long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away...
> >
> > Until now. . .I'M BAAAACK!!!
> >
> >
> > Hee hee!
> >
> >
> > So, while not everyting seems to be working, it does appear I quite
> > literally have once again escated the jaws of virtual death for the
> > immediate future. . .as usual I am NOT rebooting until I have to so
> > let's see how much work I can do meantime!!!
> >
> > For those who were helping me pick out my next computer, keep at it
> > even harder. . .I may spend real money on a USB 3.0 machine or will
> > just get whatever is the best deal around. I usually get HP but...
> >
> >
> > More, I hope, later. . . .
> >
> >
> > Michael
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