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Quiet or is it my ISP?
Garrapata wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:13:05 -0000, "Mary Fisher" wrote: A grandson recovered most data but not e-mails or e-addresses or my Favourites :-( The old disk is now at the suppliers and they're doing a forensic recovery which might regain the essential stuff. How much is this going to cost? I have 3 old hard drives with some stuff I would like to see again(some art work I did in another incarnation) but the last time I checked it was too expensive How much were they charging? If the old HDs are in good shape (=readable and writable when removed from the old machine), then they shouldn't charge more than about $50 including media. That's each. Actually, your friendly 15-year old neighborhood computer geek might be happy to do it for less, just for the practice. But only you can know if you artwork is worth $50. OTOH, if the drives were fried, then, yes, it will cost more, and results are not guaranteed. Meanwhile, back up everything to CD/DVD. If you don't already have a DVD burner, I strongly recommend an external one. I have a Plextor, it's USB and Firewire connectable. Great machine. Just plug it in and go (on Win2000/XP/Vista, and Mac.) I've backed up some things on CDs but don't know how to back up e-mails - and since most of my mailing isn't social or ngs it's important. I use a gmail account to back up some of my favorites and .ini files and some other stuff that is hard to re-create, just email to myself and archive it. The group will get busier as we approach northern hemisphere spring Most e-mail programs allow you to Save a file to any folder on your HD. Go to C:/, click on File -- New -- Folder, and give it some suitable name, such as "EmailArch". Then from within your email program, Save or Save As the file(s) you want to archive, browse to C:/EmailArch, click, and they're saved. If your email program doesn't have this facility, dump it. Life's too short to put up with inadequate programs. BTW, most of your programs will automatically save stuff to My Documents, My Music, etc, which I personally find a Royal PITA. You end up with with hundreds of files in a folder, and no easy way to find the one(s) you want. I set up my own archival folders. I also won't use a program that will not save outside My Documents. Life's too short, etc. HTH |
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Quiet or is it my ISP?
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Garrapata" wrote in message ... [...] I've backed up some things on CDs but don't know how to back up e-mails - and since most of my mailing isn't social or ngs it's important. I use a gmail account to back up some of my favorites and .ini files and some other stuff that is hard to re-create, just email to myself and archive it. Yebbut won't it be lost if your hd fails? That's why every computer guru tells you: Back up, back up, back up!!!!! And the really valuable stuff should be printed. Paper and ink lasts longer than magnetic and optical media. [...] |
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Quiet or is it my ISP?
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:58:22 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote: Yebbut won't it be lost if your hd fails? No, gmail stores it on their server http://mail.google.com/ -- 09=ix |
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