I have a 1.8 Duron, GA-7VKMLS system with 768mb memory and a Samsung 60mb hard drive.. The other day my system started rebooting and now it does not boot-up or regonizes the Samsung hard drive. It say I have some type of hard drive I never heard of before and that there is nothing on it no partitions or anything. The last major hardware update was Two days ago when I upgraded my memory from 386 to 768mb. Don't know what happen.
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CertInProgress
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Physicalyl insatlling new ram into yoru system, my bet is you knocked a cable lose, try reseating the harddrive ribbon cable.
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I reseated the cable, it didn't work.(recognized the drive but said there was no boot record or mbr). I put on new cable and it didn't work, I even put in the old memory and it still didn't work, so I got it to recognized the disk drive and then I reformatted and re-installed Win xp. Do any one know of an easy to use system back-up program?? I got lucky when I was able to connect to the internet, Verizon MSN had all my farvorites on their server.
CertInProgress
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If you are running Windows XP, you should try using the Backup program it comes with:
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Backup
Quite easy to use, and affordable...
Hope that Helps
Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.
-Sam Ewing-
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Backup
Quite easy to use, and affordable...
Hope that Helps
Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.
-Sam Ewing-
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As far as backup solutions get an external drive 2X your current size. You can assemble one yourself for less than $100. Go for size, not speed.
For backups, if you're using NT Backup, go the extra mile and use ASR (Automated System Recovery), which also creates a floppy you can boot to for 100% restoration, not restoring from a working install as NT Backup does. Note you may have to uncheck the "use wizard" to get to ASR option, but it's a more civilized option.
One drawback to both these options is a proprietary file format. In other words, you cant "look into" an NT backup file. I also am a big fan of an app called SyncBackSE as it is a file copy/sync program. It creates files that are duplicates of your originals and checks for changes and updates daily or whenever you schedule. This way your files exist in two places, you can grab the drive and know you have all your files in a readable format.
On my server, I do NT Backup daily, ASR weekly, along with a daily file-copy by SyncBackSE. If the server fails I can put the backup drive on the network and people can still work. I swap harddrives weekly, one is with me at all times.
On my home network, I use SyncBack and a ginormous HDD. The external drive stays connected but SWITCHED OFF so no "oopsies" like erroneously formatting etc. It also reduces wear on the drive. I turn on the HDD and run SyncBack as needed, usually one or twice a month, or whenever I dump digital images. I am also running RAID 1 on my PC for extra fault tolerance, and it has saved me more than once.
Now that you have had a data loss scare (we all have had that happen, except for the liars) I am refreshed to see someone asking for how to prevent it in the future. I liken it to falling asleep while driving...if you are lucky you get a pass the first time but if it happens again you deserve whatever happens.
Tony
For backups, if you're using NT Backup, go the extra mile and use ASR (Automated System Recovery), which also creates a floppy you can boot to for 100% restoration, not restoring from a working install as NT Backup does. Note you may have to uncheck the "use wizard" to get to ASR option, but it's a more civilized option.
One drawback to both these options is a proprietary file format. In other words, you cant "look into" an NT backup file. I also am a big fan of an app called SyncBackSE as it is a file copy/sync program. It creates files that are duplicates of your originals and checks for changes and updates daily or whenever you schedule. This way your files exist in two places, you can grab the drive and know you have all your files in a readable format.
On my server, I do NT Backup daily, ASR weekly, along with a daily file-copy by SyncBackSE. If the server fails I can put the backup drive on the network and people can still work. I swap harddrives weekly, one is with me at all times.
On my home network, I use SyncBack and a ginormous HDD. The external drive stays connected but SWITCHED OFF so no "oopsies" like erroneously formatting etc. It also reduces wear on the drive. I turn on the HDD and run SyncBack as needed, usually one or twice a month, or whenever I dump digital images. I am also running RAID 1 on my PC for extra fault tolerance, and it has saved me more than once.
Now that you have had a data loss scare (we all have had that happen, except for the liars) I am refreshed to see someone asking for how to prevent it in the future. I liken it to falling asleep while driving...if you are lucky you get a pass the first time but if it happens again you deserve whatever happens.
Tony
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