November 10, 2000, 01:20
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Prince
Local Time: 01:06
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: New Jersey, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
Posts: 705
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I'm back
As Cam reported in several threads, my computer was struck by a virus and I was forced to nuke it. Happily, none of the files you all have sent me were lost as I rerouted my mail to my office computer. None-the-less, the recovery process is still taking a long time. This is due to the loss of the file that contains many of my FTP passwords and the need to reload several software packages, some of which I no longer have access too.
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November 10, 2000, 01:25
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King
Local Time: 07:06
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: of Old Europe - "In America we don't trust"
Posts: 2,470
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Viva Will, abbasso viruses!!! glad you're back Ol' Willie!!!
PS how's going in America ? Who winned elections ? I heard about Gosh for president here...
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November 10, 2000, 03:15
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King
Local Time: 06:06
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: The Observatory
Posts: 1,208
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William, what exactly happened? What happened to mine is my C and D harddrives, the C with 3 GB, the D with 1 GB, both suddenly shut down, and I had to purchase completely new harddrives. The guy I called and sent the drives to for Dell said that they were faulty harddrives (they were ones that DID NOT come with the computer) and that I should have just bought new Dell harddrives instead of whatever else I bought. Either that or it could have been a virus. So were you forced to also loose everything on your computer, except for FTPed things (if any)?
I hate computers sometimes...
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November 10, 2000, 16:45
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King
Local Time: 07:06
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: of Old Europe - "In America we don't trust"
Posts: 2,470
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To be sure, you have to use adequate HD... I use 12 GB HD to prevent damages.
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November 10, 2000, 17:33
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Emperor
Local Time: 08:06
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 8,278
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Hmm...Prometeus, what has the HD space to do with damages?
The only thing I can recommend is to use two different HDs, one for backup data only...but I´m sure this idea isn´t new
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November 11, 2000, 00:45
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King
Local Time: 06:06
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 1,597
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It's only when such disasters strike that you realise the need for regular backup away from your primary hard disk. Happened to me a while back, so it's always backup of data whenever there's been a fair bit of input to floppy and even CD-rom if the size warrants it.
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