[NSRCA-discussion] Marty

[J N Hiller]

Marty as long as you are here I have a question.
I am backing up the 'C' drive regularly to a second hard drive. If the C
drive fails will my computer start from the second drive? Is the data on the
second drive safe until it can be copied off to a new hard drive?
Computers are truly a love-hate relationship.
Thank you.
Jim Hiller

-----Original Message-----
From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Martin X.
Moleski, SJ
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 9:59 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Marty

Larry wrote:

> I had a hard drive failure...it just quit...I had two hard drives in the
> system, one for Windows and programs, and the other for data...

> Somewhere in the recovery process I assume it formatted my data drive as
> when the main drive crashed. I should have disconnected the data drive
> before trying to recover...Lesson learned...won't make that mistake
again...

I can see how it happened.

System drive dead.

Windows sees one live drive.

You think you're installing on c:.  Well, you are, but
physically it's your old d: drive that gets used
(because your old physical c: drive is "... dead, Jim."

> Now I got a new PC and a 1.0TB external drive for backing up PC's. It
won't
> get me a second time...

Don't say things like that around computers.

Now you have to go sacrifice a goat to make peace
with the powers that be.  :o(

If you don't, you will be the goat.  :-O

"When will they ever learn?"

                                Marty
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